Class 2 GK Worksheet: National Symbols of India
Remember (Symbol and title): Animal – tiger, bird – peacock, flower – lotus, fruit – mango, tree – banyan, river – Ganga, aquatic animal – river dolphin, heritage animal – elephant. Anthem – Jana Gana Mana (written by Rabindranath Tagore), song – Vande Mataram, motto – Satyameva Jayate, emblem – the Lion Capital of Ashoka from Sarnath. Flag: saffron on top, white in the middle, green at the bottom; the Ashoka Chakra has 24 spokes.
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- 1.True or false: “elephant” is India’s national river. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🦁 Our national emblem, the Lion Capital, comes from which place? (a) Jaipur (b) Agra (c) Sarnath (d) Mumbai
- 3.True or false: “Jana Gana Mana” is India’s national tree. (a) False (b) True
- 4.True or false: “Jana Gana Mana” is India’s national animal. (a) False (b) True
- 5.📅 On which date is India’s Republic Day? (a) 15 August (b) 26 January (c) 2 October (d) 5 June
- 6.🇮🇳 What is India’s national bird? (a) Ganga (b) peacock (c) Satyameva Jayate (d) tiger
- 7.🇮🇳 How many spokes does the Ashoka Chakra on our flag have?
- 8.🇮🇳 “lotus” is India’s ___. (a) national motto (b) national river (c) national fruit (d) national flower
- 9.🇮🇳 How many coloured bands (stripes) does the Indian flag have?
- 10.🇮🇳 “peacock” is India’s ___. (a) national emblem (b) national bird (c) national song (d) national flower
- 11.🇮🇳 “Jana Gana Mana” is India’s ___. (a) national animal (b) national bird (c) national anthem (d) national river
- 12.True or false: “tiger” is India’s national animal. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🇮🇳 “mango” is India’s ___. (a) national motto (b) national flower (c) national song (d) national fruit
- 14.🇮🇳 What is India’s national heritage animal? (a) Lion Capital of Ashoka (b) elephant (c) Vande Mataram (d) peacock
- 15.🇮🇳 “elephant” is India’s ___. (a) national anthem (b) national tree (c) national animal (d) national heritage animal
- 16.True or false: “Ganga” is India’s national fruit. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🎵 Who wrote our national anthem, Jana Gana Mana? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
- 18.🇮🇳 What is India’s national animal? (a) tiger (b) peacock (c) Lion Capital of Ashoka (d) lotus
- 19.📜 What does “Satyameva Jayate” mean? (a) might is right (b) unity is strength (c) truth alone wins (d) work is worship
- 20.🇮🇳 What is India’s national motto? (a) lotus (b) elephant (c) tiger (d) Satyameva Jayate
- 21.True or false: “river dolphin” is India’s national aquatic animal. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🇮🇳 Which colour is in the middle of the Indian flag? (a) white (b) red (c) green (d) saffron
- 23.True or false: “peacock” is India’s national bird. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🇮🇳 “banyan” is India’s ___. (a) national aquatic animal (b) national tree (c) national emblem (d) national anthem
- 25.🇮🇳 “Ganga” is India’s ___. (a) national aquatic animal (b) national river (c) national bird (d) national animal
- 26.True or false: “elephant” is India’s national flower. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🇮🇳 “Satyameva Jayate” is India’s ___. (a) national emblem (b) national aquatic animal (c) national motto (d) national tree
- 28.🇮🇳 What is India’s national tree? (a) lotus (b) mango (c) Lion Capital of Ashoka (d) banyan
- 29.🎵 About how many seconds does it take to sing the full national anthem?
- 30.🇮🇳 “tiger” is India’s ___. (a) national animal (b) national heritage animal (c) national bird (d) national motto
- 31.🇮🇳 What is India’s national anthem? (a) Ganga (b) river dolphin (c) tiger (d) Jana Gana Mana
- 32.🇮🇳 “river dolphin” is India’s ___. (a) national motto (b) national aquatic animal (c) national animal (d) national heritage animal
- 33.📅 On which date is India’s Independence Day? (a) 2 October (b) 26 January (c) 14 November (d) 15 August
- 34.🇮🇳 Which colour is at the top of the Indian flag? (a) saffron (b) white (c) navy blue (d) green
- 35.🇮🇳 What do we call our three-coloured national flag? (a) Ashoka (b) Tiranga (c) Ganga (d) Kamal
- 36.True or false: “mango” is India’s national fruit. (a) False (b) True
- 37.True or false: “banyan” is India’s national aquatic animal. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: “Vande Mataram” is India’s national motto. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🇮🇳 What is India’s national river? (a) banyan (b) Ganga (c) elephant (d) Jana Gana Mana
- 40.🙏 Who is called the Father of the Nation in India? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Tulsidas (c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Kalidasa
Answer key
- False
- Sarnath
- False
- False
- 26 January
- peacock
- 24
- national flower
- 3
- national bird
- national anthem
- True
- national fruit
- elephant
- national heritage animal
- False
- Rabindranath Tagore
- tiger
- truth alone wins
- Satyameva Jayate
- True
- white
- True
- national tree
- national river
- False
- national motto
- banyan
- 52
- national animal
- Jana Gana Mana
- national aquatic animal
- 15 August
- saffron
- Tiranga
- True
- False
- False
- Ganga
- Mahatma Gandhi
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