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