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