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