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