National Symbols

Symbol	What & When	Key Fact	Memory
🇮🇳 National Flag	Tricolour adopted 22 Jul 1947	24 spokes in Ashoka Chakra	24×7 service like railways
🦁 State Emblem	Sarnath Lion Capital adopted 26 Jan 1950	3 lions visible, 4th hidden; “Satyameva Jayate”	Lion = Last (26th)
🎵 National Anthem	Jana Gana Mana; 1st sung 27 Dec 1911 Calcutta; 52 sec official	Rabindranath Tagore	Tagore = Tune
🎶 National Song	Vande Mataram; from Anandamath 1882	Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay	Chatterjee = Chant
🇮🇳 National Calendar	Saka; 1 Chaitra = 22 Mar (leap 21 Mar)	Started 22 Mar 1957	Saka = Spring
🌸 Lotus	National Flower	Seats Lakshmi & Saraswati	Lotus = Lakshmi
🐯 Tiger	National Animal (1972)	Panthera tigris	Tiger = Top predator
🦚 Peacock	National Bird (1963)	Blue-green species	Peacock = Pride
🌳 Banyan	National Tree	Longest living, aerial roots	Banyan = Biggest
🐘 Ganges Dolphin	National Aquatic Animal (2009)	Blind sonar	Dolphin = Deep Ganga
🥭 Mango	National Fruit	1000+ varieties	Mango = Most loved
🏑 Hockey	National Game (till 2012 de-jure)	8 Olympic golds	Hockey = History
Ganga	National River (2008)	2,525 km	Ganga = Greatest flow

1. How many spokes in the Ashoka Chakra?

**Answer:** 24

2. Who composed the National Song?

**Answer:** Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

3. National Calendar is based on which era?

**Answer:** Saka

4. First sung in 1911, adopted officially in?

**Answer:** 1950

5. National Aquatic Animal is?

**Answer:** Ganges River Dolphin

6. State Emblem motto “Satyameva Jayate” taken from which Upanishad?

**Answer:** Mundaka

7. National Bird declared in which year?

**Answer:** 1963

8. Colour of the Ashoka Chakra?

**Answer:** Navy Blue

9. National River of India?

**Answer:** Ganga

10. Ratio of width to length of National Flag?

**Answer:** 2:3

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