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