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