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