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