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