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