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