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