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