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