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