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