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