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