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