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