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