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