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