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