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