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