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