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