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