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