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