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