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