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