National Symbols - MCQs with answers

ANSWER: a) July 22, 1947

The national flag was first hoisted at Green Park, Kolkata, on August 7, 1906 by Surendranath Bannerji. In 1907 Madame Bhikaji Rustom Cama originally

mooted the design of the flag and was unfurled for the first time at Stuttgart (Germany) for the second International Socialist Congress held on August 22, 1907. It

was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India on July 22, 1947. It can now be flown by citizens atop their houses on August 15 & January 26 and even during other

days but only from the sunrise to the sunset period.

ANSWER: c) January 26, 1950

An Ashokan pillar at Sarnath near Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh depicts four lions on the top standing back to back. Its base has an elephant, a horse, a bull

and a lion separated by intervening wheels over a bell-shaped lotus and a Dharma Chakra or the Wheel of Law carved on it. This symbol was adopted as the National

Emblem of India by the Indian Government on January 26, 1950. The two-dimensional picture of this emblem has become the official symbol of the government that only

shows three of the four lions and the base having the Dharma Chakra in the center and a bull and horse on either side and an engraved phase that reads 'Satyameva

Jayate' in the Devanagari script. The phrase is translated to mean 'Truth alone triumphs'.

ANSWER: d) March 22, 1957

The current national calendar of India was set up in 1957 by the Calendar Reform Committee that formalized a lunisolar calendar in which leap years

coincide with those of the Gregorian calendar, and the months are named after the traditional Indian months. This reformed Indian calendar began with Saka Era, Chaitra

1, 1879, which match March 22, 1957.

ANSWER: b) January 24, 1950

The song Jana-gana-mana composed by Rabindranath Tagore is the National Anthem of India. The song was first sung at the Calcutta session of the Indian

National Congress on December 27, 1911. It was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India on January 24, 1950 as India's National Anthem.

ANSWER: b) Bankim Chandra Chatterji

Bankim Chandra Chaterjee penned 'Vande Mataram' for his Bengali novel 'Anand Math'. The song charged with patriotic passion and full of praises for the

motherland was an instant favorite among the freedom fighters of the day. Later, it was translated into English by Shree Auribindo Ghosh to conform to its universality

and eventually, the first stanza of the song became the National Song of India.

ANSWER: a) Royal Bengal Tiger

The Bengal Tiger was declared as the National Animal of India in April 1973, with the initiation of Project Tiger, to protect the tigers in India.

ANSWER: b) Peacock

The peacock was declared as the National bird of India in 1963.

ANSWER: b) Lotus

Lotus, botanically known as the Nelumbo Nucifera is the national flower of India.