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