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Class 2 GK Worksheet: National Symbols of India

GK lesson 7: National symbols of India · Set 897 · 40 questions
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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. 1.True or false: “Lion Capital of Ashoka” is India’s national emblem. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🦁 How many lions stand back to back on the Lion Capital of Ashoka?
  3. 3.True or false: “mango” is India’s national river. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🇮🇳 “elephant” is India’s ___. (a) national animal (b) national fruit (c) national heritage animal (d) national song
  5. 5.🇮🇳 Which colour is in the middle of the Indian flag? (a) green (b) red (c) saffron (d) white
  6. 6.🇮🇳 What is India’s national fruit? (a) mango (b) elephant (c) river dolphin (d) lotus
  7. 7.🦁 Our national emblem, the Lion Capital, comes from which place? (a) Jaipur (b) Sarnath (c) Mumbai (d) Agra
  8. 8.🇮🇳 “Lion Capital of Ashoka” is India’s ___. (a) national flower (b) national motto (c) national emblem (d) national tree
  9. 9.True or false: “river dolphin” is India’s national aquatic animal. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🇮🇳 How many spokes does the Ashoka Chakra on our flag have?
  11. 11.True or false: “Satyameva Jayate” is India’s national song. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🇮🇳 “river dolphin” is India’s ___. (a) national fruit (b) national emblem (c) national aquatic animal (d) national heritage animal
  13. 13.🇮🇳 What is India’s national heritage animal? (a) river dolphin (b) tiger (c) mango (d) elephant
  14. 14.True or false: “Satyameva Jayate” is India’s national bird. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: “Vande Mataram” is India’s national tree. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: “peacock” is India’s national bird. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🇮🇳 What do we call our three-coloured national flag? (a) Ashoka (b) Kamal (c) Ganga (d) Tiranga
  18. 18.True or false: “mango” is India’s national flower. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🇮🇳 “Ganga” is India’s ___. (a) national emblem (b) national river (c) national fruit (d) national anthem
  20. 20.🇮🇳 “lotus” is India’s ___. (a) national motto (b) national bird (c) national song (d) national flower
  21. 21.🇮🇳 What is India’s national flower? (a) Jana Gana Mana (b) Lion Capital of Ashoka (c) river dolphin (d) lotus
  22. 22.📅 On which date is India’s Independence Day? (a) 26 January (b) 2 October (c) 14 November (d) 15 August
  23. 23.True or false: “Satyameva Jayate” is India’s national motto. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🇮🇳 What is India’s national bird? (a) peacock (b) Jana Gana Mana (c) lotus (d) Vande Mataram
  25. 25.True or false: “peacock” is India’s national river. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “river dolphin” is India’s national fruit. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “peacock” is India’s national motto. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🇮🇳 What is India’s national song? (a) Vande Mataram (b) Ganga (c) banyan (d) lotus
  29. 29.📅 On which date is India’s Republic Day? (a) 15 August (b) 26 January (c) 2 October (d) 5 June
  30. 30.🇮🇳 What is India’s national animal? (a) peacock (b) Lion Capital of Ashoka (c) Ganga (d) tiger
  31. 31.🇮🇳 “tiger” is India’s ___. (a) national heritage animal (b) national anthem (c) national bird (d) national animal
  32. 32.🎵 Who wrote our national anthem, Jana Gana Mana? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  33. 33.True or false: “tiger” is India’s national animal. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🇮🇳 What is India’s national anthem? (a) peacock (b) Jana Gana Mana (c) mango (d) tiger
  35. 35.🎵 About how many seconds does it take to sing the full national anthem?
  36. 36.True or false: “elephant” is India’s national heritage animal. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🇮🇳 What is India’s national motto? (a) mango (b) lotus (c) Satyameva Jayate (d) Jana Gana Mana
  38. 38.True or false: “Satyameva Jayate” is India’s national tree. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “Jana Gana Mana” is India’s national anthem. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🇮🇳 How many coloured bands (stripes) does the Indian flag have?

Answer key

  1. True
  2. 4
  3. False
  4. national heritage animal
  5. white
  6. mango
  7. Sarnath
  8. national emblem
  9. True
  10. 24
  11. False
  12. national aquatic animal
  13. elephant
  14. False
  15. False
  16. True
  17. Tiranga
  18. False
  19. national river
  20. national flower
  21. lotus
  22. 15 August
  23. True
  24. peacock
  25. False
  26. False
  27. False
  28. Vande Mataram
  29. 26 January
  30. tiger
  31. national animal
  32. Rabindranath Tagore
  33. True
  34. Jana Gana Mana
  35. 52
  36. True
  37. Satyameva Jayate
  38. False
  39. True
  40. 3

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