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