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