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