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