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