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