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