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