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