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