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