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