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