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