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