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