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