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