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