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