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Class 2 GK Worksheet: National Symbols of India

GK lesson 7: National symbols of India · Set 746 · 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 river? (a) elephant (b) Ganga (c) lotus (d) Vande Mataram
  2. 2.📅 On which date is India’s Independence Day? (a) 2 October (b) 26 January (c) 14 November (d) 15 August
  3. 3.🇮🇳 What is India’s national animal? (a) banyan (b) tiger (c) Jana Gana Mana (d) mango
  4. 4.🇮🇳 What colour is the Ashoka Chakra on our flag? (a) saffron (b) green (c) navy blue (d) red
  5. 5.🇮🇳 “banyan” is India’s ___. (a) national bird (b) national flower (c) national tree (d) national song
  6. 6.True or false: “Jana Gana Mana” is India’s national anthem. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🇮🇳 Which colour is in the middle of the Indian flag? (a) white (b) saffron (c) red (d) green
  8. 8.🇮🇳 “tiger” is India’s ___. (a) national bird (b) national anthem (c) national emblem (d) national animal
  9. 9.📜 What does “Satyameva Jayate” mean? (a) truth alone wins (b) unity is strength (c) might is right (d) work is worship
  10. 10.🇮🇳 “elephant” is India’s ___. (a) national animal (b) national heritage animal (c) national emblem (d) national river
  11. 11.🇮🇳 “Vande Mataram” is India’s ___. (a) national fruit (b) national motto (c) national tree (d) national song
  12. 12.🇮🇳 How many coloured bands (stripes) does the Indian flag have?
  13. 13.True or false: “river dolphin” is India’s national tree. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: “lotus” is India’s national aquatic animal. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “banyan” is India’s national tree. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🦁 How many lions stand back to back on the Lion Capital of Ashoka?
  17. 17.🇮🇳 “Lion Capital of Ashoka” is India’s ___. (a) national aquatic animal (b) national animal (c) national anthem (d) national emblem
  18. 18.🇮🇳 “peacock” is India’s ___. (a) national flower (b) national animal (c) national bird (d) national emblem
  19. 19.🇮🇳 What is India’s national fruit? (a) peacock (b) mango (c) Ganga (d) Vande Mataram
  20. 20.🇮🇳 How many spokes does the Ashoka Chakra on our flag have?
  21. 21.🇮🇳 What is India’s national flower? (a) peacock (b) mango (c) Lion Capital of Ashoka (d) lotus
  22. 22.🇮🇳 What do we call our three-coloured national flag? (a) Kamal (b) Tiranga (c) Ashoka (d) Ganga
  23. 23.🦁 Our national emblem, the Lion Capital, comes from which place? (a) Sarnath (b) Jaipur (c) Agra (d) Mumbai
  24. 24.🇮🇳 Which colour is at the top of the Indian flag? (a) navy blue (b) green (c) saffron (d) white
  25. 25.True or false: “river dolphin” is India’s national song. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🇮🇳 Which colour is at the bottom of the Indian flag? (a) navy blue (b) green (c) white (d) saffron
  27. 27.🎵 About how many seconds does it take to sing the full national anthem?
  28. 28.🇮🇳 What is India’s national motto? (a) Vande Mataram (b) Jana Gana Mana (c) elephant (d) Satyameva Jayate
  29. 29.🇮🇳 What is India’s national song? (a) Vande Mataram (b) Jana Gana Mana (c) Ganga (d) tiger
  30. 30.True or false: “river dolphin” is India’s national aquatic animal. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “Ganga” is India’s national river. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🇮🇳 “Jana Gana Mana” is India’s ___. (a) national anthem (b) national animal (c) national emblem (d) national song
  33. 33.🇮🇳 What is India’s national tree? (a) banyan (b) river dolphin (c) tiger (d) Jana Gana Mana
  34. 34.🇮🇳 “Ganga” is India’s ___. (a) national heritage animal (b) national animal (c) national flower (d) national river
  35. 35.🎵 Who wrote our national anthem, Jana Gana Mana? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Tulsidas
  36. 36.🇮🇳 “lotus” is India’s ___. (a) national heritage animal (b) national aquatic animal (c) national flower (d) national anthem
  37. 37.🇮🇳 “river dolphin” is India’s ___. (a) national aquatic animal (b) national bird (c) national anthem (d) national tree
  38. 38.📅 On which date is India’s Republic Day? (a) 26 January (b) 15 August (c) 2 October (d) 5 June
  39. 39.True or false: “lotus” is India’s national anthem. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “mango” is India’s national song. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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