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