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