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