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