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