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