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