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Class 2 GK Worksheet: National Symbols of India

GK lesson 7: National symbols of India · Set 795 · 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.🇮🇳 “elephant” is India’s ___. (a) national song (b) national heritage animal (c) national anthem (d) national river
  2. 2.🇮🇳 “Jana Gana Mana” is India’s ___. (a) national aquatic animal (b) national bird (c) national song (d) national anthem
  3. 3.True or false: “Satyameva Jayate” is India’s national fruit. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: “banyan” is India’s national tree. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🇮🇳 “Vande Mataram” is India’s ___. (a) national anthem (b) national song (c) national aquatic animal (d) national bird
  6. 6.🇮🇳 “Lion Capital of Ashoka” is India’s ___. (a) national emblem (b) national heritage animal (c) national river (d) national tree
  7. 7.🇮🇳 Which colour is at the bottom of the Indian flag? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green (d) navy blue
  8. 8.🇮🇳 How many spokes does the Ashoka Chakra on our flag have?
  9. 9.True or false: “mango” is India’s national fruit. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🇮🇳 What is India’s national anthem? (a) Lion Capital of Ashoka (b) lotus (c) tiger (d) Jana Gana Mana
  11. 11.📅 On which date is India’s Independence Day? (a) 14 November (b) 2 October (c) 15 August (d) 26 January
  12. 12.True or false: “elephant” is India’s national heritage animal. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🇮🇳 Which colour is in the middle of the Indian flag? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white (d) red
  14. 14.🎵 Who wrote our national anthem, Jana Gana Mana? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Tulsidas
  15. 15.True or false: “peacock” is India’s national river. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🇮🇳 “peacock” is India’s ___. (a) national river (b) national motto (c) national bird (d) national tree
  17. 17.True or false: “lotus” is India’s national heritage animal. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🇮🇳 “tiger” is India’s ___. (a) national anthem (b) national song (c) national heritage animal (d) national animal
  19. 19.True or false: “peacock” is India’s national emblem. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🇮🇳 What is India’s national river? (a) Ganga (b) lotus (c) elephant (d) Satyameva Jayate
  21. 21.🇮🇳 What is India’s national motto? (a) Jana Gana Mana (b) Satyameva Jayate (c) peacock (d) Vande Mataram
  22. 22.🇮🇳 How many coloured bands (stripes) does the Indian flag have?
  23. 23.🇮🇳 “Ganga” is India’s ___. (a) national aquatic animal (b) national river (c) national animal (d) national fruit
  24. 24.🇮🇳 What is India’s national aquatic animal? (a) river dolphin (b) banyan (c) peacock (d) Ganga
  25. 25.True or false: “elephant” is India’s national anthem. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🦁 Our national emblem, the Lion Capital, comes from which place? (a) Sarnath (b) Agra (c) Jaipur (d) Mumbai
  27. 27.🇮🇳 What is India’s national flower? (a) lotus (b) Ganga (c) mango (d) Satyameva Jayate
  28. 28.True or false: “Ganga” is India’s national river. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎵 About how many seconds does it take to sing the full national anthem?
  30. 30.🦁 How many lions stand back to back on the Lion Capital of Ashoka?
  31. 31.True or false: “river dolphin” is India’s national aquatic animal. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “lotus” is India’s national flower. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🇮🇳 “Satyameva Jayate” is India’s ___. (a) national flower (b) national motto (c) national tree (d) national bird
  34. 34.🇮🇳 What is India’s national tree? (a) Lion Capital of Ashoka (b) Vande Mataram (c) peacock (d) banyan
  35. 35.🇮🇳 What colour is the Ashoka Chakra on our flag? (a) red (b) green (c) navy blue (d) saffron
  36. 36.🇮🇳 What is India’s national emblem? (a) Lion Capital of Ashoka (b) Satyameva Jayate (c) Vande Mataram (d) peacock
  37. 37.📜 What does “Satyameva Jayate” mean? (a) unity is strength (b) work is worship (c) truth alone wins (d) might is right
  38. 38.True or false: “tiger” is India’s national animal. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🇮🇳 What do we call our three-coloured national flag? (a) Ashoka (b) Ganga (c) Tiranga (d) Kamal
  40. 40.True or false: “Lion Capital of Ashoka” is India’s national emblem. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. national heritage animal
  2. national anthem
  3. False
  4. True
  5. national song
  6. national emblem
  7. green
  8. 24
  9. True
  10. Jana Gana Mana
  11. 15 August
  12. True
  13. white
  14. Rabindranath Tagore
  15. False
  16. national bird
  17. False
  18. national animal
  19. False
  20. Ganga
  21. Satyameva Jayate
  22. 3
  23. national river
  24. river dolphin
  25. False
  26. Sarnath
  27. lotus
  28. True
  29. 52
  30. 4
  31. True
  32. True
  33. national motto
  34. banyan
  35. navy blue
  36. Lion Capital of Ashoka
  37. truth alone wins
  38. True
  39. Tiranga
  40. True

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