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