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