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