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