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