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