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