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