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