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