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