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