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