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: “river dolphin” is India’s national aquatic animal. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🇮🇳 “tiger” is India’s ___. (a) national animal (b) national emblem (c) national river (d) national song
- 3.True or false: “tiger” is India’s national animal. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🇮🇳 What is India’s national tree? (a) Jana Gana Mana (b) mango (c) banyan (d) Vande Mataram
- 5.🇮🇳 How many coloured bands (stripes) does the Indian flag have?
- 6.True or false: “Lion Capital of Ashoka” is India’s national motto. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🇮🇳 What do we call our three-coloured national flag? (a) Ashoka (b) Ganga (c) Tiranga (d) Kamal
- 8.🇮🇳 What is India’s national aquatic animal? (a) Vande Mataram (b) elephant (c) river dolphin (d) tiger
- 9.🇮🇳 “peacock” is India’s ___. (a) national aquatic animal (b) national bird (c) national song (d) national animal
- 10.🦁 How many lions stand back to back on the Lion Capital of Ashoka?
- 11.True or false: “Satyameva Jayate” is India’s national motto. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🇮🇳 “lotus” is India’s ___. (a) national bird (b) national anthem (c) national tree (d) national flower
- 13.True or false: “peacock” is India’s national bird. (a) True (b) False
- 14.📅 On which date is India’s Independence Day? (a) 26 January (b) 15 August (c) 14 November (d) 2 October
- 15.True or false: “lotus” is India’s national flower. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🇮🇳 What is India’s national anthem? (a) Jana Gana Mana (b) peacock (c) Lion Capital of Ashoka (d) Ganga
- 17.True or false: “Lion Capital of Ashoka” is India’s national emblem. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🇮🇳 What is India’s national motto? (a) tiger (b) lotus (c) mango (d) Satyameva Jayate
- 19.🇮🇳 What is India’s national song? (a) elephant (b) tiger (c) Vande Mataram (d) river dolphin
- 20.🇮🇳 What colour is the Ashoka Chakra on our flag? (a) saffron (b) green (c) navy blue (d) red
- 21.🇮🇳 What is India’s national emblem? (a) Lion Capital of Ashoka (b) tiger (c) mango (d) lotus
- 22.🇮🇳 How many spokes does the Ashoka Chakra on our flag have?
- 23.🇮🇳 Which colour is at the bottom of the Indian flag? (a) navy blue (b) green (c) white (d) saffron
- 24.True or false: “Satyameva Jayate” is India’s national animal. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🎵 About how many seconds does it take to sing the full national anthem?
- 26.🇮🇳 Which colour is at the top of the Indian flag? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron (d) navy blue
- 27.🙏 Who is called the Father of the Nation in India? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Tulsidas
- 28.🇮🇳 “Ganga” is India’s ___. (a) national fruit (b) national emblem (c) national river (d) national bird
- 29.True or false: “Vande Mataram” is India’s national song. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🇮🇳 What is India’s national bird? (a) Ganga (b) mango (c) peacock (d) elephant
- 31.True or false: “lotus” is India’s national fruit. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🇮🇳 “Vande Mataram” is India’s ___. (a) national fruit (b) national aquatic animal (c) national song (d) national flower
- 33.🇮🇳 “banyan” is India’s ___. (a) national tree (b) national river (c) national song (d) national aquatic animal
- 34.True or false: “peacock” is India’s national heritage animal. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🇮🇳 “Lion Capital of Ashoka” is India’s ___. (a) national emblem (b) national bird (c) national fruit (d) national motto
- 36.🇮🇳 “Jana Gana Mana” is India’s ___. (a) national emblem (b) national anthem (c) national motto (d) national song
- 37.True or false: “Jana Gana Mana” is India’s national anthem. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🇮🇳 “river dolphin” is India’s ___. (a) national fruit (b) national tree (c) national animal (d) national aquatic animal
- 39.True or false: “Ganga” is India’s national song. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🇮🇳 What is India’s national animal? (a) Jana Gana Mana (b) tiger (c) Vande Mataram (d) elephant
Answer key
- True
- national animal
- True
- banyan
- 3
- False
- Tiranga
- river dolphin
- national bird
- 4
- True
- national flower
- True
- 15 August
- True
- Jana Gana Mana
- True
- Satyameva Jayate
- Vande Mataram
- navy blue
- Lion Capital of Ashoka
- 24
- green
- False
- 52
- saffron
- Mahatma Gandhi
- national river
- True
- peacock
- False
- national song
- national tree
- False
- national emblem
- national anthem
- True
- national aquatic animal
- False
- tiger
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