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