← National symbols of India lesson New set →

Class 2 GK Worksheet: National Symbols of India

GK lesson 7: National symbols of India · Set 36 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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.

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

Answer key

  1. national aquatic animal
  2. Rabindranath Tagore
  3. national river
  4. 3
  5. national anthem
  6. national song
  7. white
  8. 24
  9. Sarnath
  10. True
  11. truth alone wins
  12. False
  13. national bird
  14. False
  15. True
  16. navy blue
  17. saffron
  18. Lion Capital of Ashoka
  19. True
  20. False
  21. national tree
  22. False
  23. False
  24. national fruit
  25. True
  26. green
  27. Vande Mataram
  28. Jana Gana Mana
  29. banyan
  30. 26 January
  31. national animal
  32. False
  33. Tiranga
  34. False
  35. False
  36. False
  37. 4
  38. national motto
  39. False
  40. 15 August

Free gk lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/gk-worksheets