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