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