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