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Class 2 GK Worksheet: National Symbols of India

GK lesson 7: National symbols of India · Set 690 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🇮🇳 What is India’s national animal? (a) Satyameva Jayate (b) mango (c) banyan (d) tiger
  2. 2.🇮🇳 What is India’s national aquatic animal? (a) banyan (b) tiger (c) river dolphin (d) lotus
  3. 3.🇮🇳 Which colour is at the top of the Indian flag? (a) navy blue (b) saffron (c) white (d) green
  4. 4.🇮🇳 What is India’s national motto? (a) lotus (b) elephant (c) Satyameva Jayate (d) tiger
  5. 5.True or false: “banyan” is India’s national motto. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🇮🇳 How many spokes does the Ashoka Chakra on our flag have?
  7. 7.🎵 Who wrote our national anthem, Jana Gana Mana? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Kalidasa
  8. 8.🇮🇳 Which colour is in the middle of the Indian flag? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white (d) red
  9. 9.True or false: “elephant” is India’s national flower. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: “Vande Mataram” is India’s national song. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🇮🇳 What is India’s national emblem? (a) peacock (b) Vande Mataram (c) banyan (d) Lion Capital of Ashoka
  12. 12.🇮🇳 What is India’s national river? (a) Ganga (b) Lion Capital of Ashoka (c) river dolphin (d) banyan
  13. 13.📅 On which date is India’s Republic Day? (a) 2 October (b) 15 August (c) 26 January (d) 5 June
  14. 14.🇮🇳 What is India’s national tree? (a) banyan (b) Vande Mataram (c) mango (d) tiger
  15. 15.🇮🇳 “Satyameva Jayate” is India’s ___. (a) national animal (b) national tree (c) national motto (d) national aquatic animal
  16. 16.🎵 About how many seconds does it take to sing the full national anthem?
  17. 17.True or false: “tiger” is India’s national river. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🇮🇳 Which colour is at the bottom of the Indian flag? (a) white (b) saffron (c) navy blue (d) green
  19. 19.🇮🇳 What colour is the Ashoka Chakra on our flag? (a) red (b) green (c) navy blue (d) saffron
  20. 20.🇮🇳 “Jana Gana Mana” is India’s ___. (a) national anthem (b) national song (c) national bird (d) national animal
  21. 21.🇮🇳 “lotus” is India’s ___. (a) national anthem (b) national aquatic animal (c) national flower (d) national emblem
  22. 22.🙏 Who is called the Father of the Nation in India? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Mahatma Gandhi
  23. 23.True or false: “Ganga” is India’s national fruit. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🇮🇳 “peacock” is India’s ___. (a) national heritage animal (b) national tree (c) national anthem (d) national bird
  25. 25.🇮🇳 What is India’s national anthem? (a) tiger (b) lotus (c) elephant (d) Jana Gana Mana
  26. 26.🇮🇳 What is India’s national bird? (a) peacock (b) lotus (c) banyan (d) Lion Capital of Ashoka
  27. 27.🇮🇳 “river dolphin” is India’s ___. (a) national river (b) national aquatic animal (c) national tree (d) national flower
  28. 28.🇮🇳 “Lion Capital of Ashoka” is India’s ___. (a) national fruit (b) national emblem (c) national heritage animal (d) national aquatic animal
  29. 29.📅 On which date is India’s Independence Day? (a) 14 November (b) 2 October (c) 26 January (d) 15 August
  30. 30.🇮🇳 What is India’s national song? (a) banyan (b) elephant (c) Lion Capital of Ashoka (d) Vande Mataram
  31. 31.True or false: “Jana Gana Mana” is India’s national emblem. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🇮🇳 “tiger” is India’s ___. (a) national animal (b) national heritage animal (c) national flower (d) national emblem
  33. 33.🇮🇳 “Ganga” is India’s ___. (a) national emblem (b) national anthem (c) national bird (d) national river
  34. 34.True or false: “Ganga” is India’s national river. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📜 What does “Satyameva Jayate” mean? (a) might is right (b) unity is strength (c) work is worship (d) truth alone wins
  36. 36.🦁 How many lions stand back to back on the Lion Capital of Ashoka?
  37. 37.🇮🇳 “banyan” is India’s ___. (a) national tree (b) national fruit (c) national emblem (d) national animal
  38. 38.True or false: “peacock” is India’s national emblem. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🇮🇳 What do we call our three-coloured national flag? (a) Ganga (b) Kamal (c) Tiranga (d) Ashoka
  40. 40.🇮🇳 How many coloured bands (stripes) does the Indian flag have?

Answer key

  1. tiger
  2. river dolphin
  3. saffron
  4. Satyameva Jayate
  5. False
  6. 24
  7. Rabindranath Tagore
  8. white
  9. False
  10. True
  11. Lion Capital of Ashoka
  12. Ganga
  13. 26 January
  14. banyan
  15. national motto
  16. 52
  17. False
  18. green
  19. navy blue
  20. national anthem
  21. national flower
  22. Mahatma Gandhi
  23. False
  24. national bird
  25. Jana Gana Mana
  26. peacock
  27. national aquatic animal
  28. national emblem
  29. 15 August
  30. Vande Mataram
  31. False
  32. national animal
  33. national river
  34. True
  35. truth alone wins
  36. 4
  37. national tree
  38. False
  39. Tiranga
  40. 3

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