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