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