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