✅ Answer: B — The national flag was designed by Pingali Venkayya from Andhra Pradesh. It was adopted on 22 July 1947.

✅ Answer: C — “Satyameva Jayate” (Truth Alone Triumphs) is taken from the Mundaka Upanishad and is inscribed in Devanagari script on the national emblem.

✅ Answer: C — The Ashoka Chakra has 24 spokes, representing the 24 hours of the day and the Dharmachakra (Wheel of Law).

✅ Answer: C — Jana Gana Mana was first sung on 27 December 1911 at the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress. It was adopted as the national anthem on 24 January 1950.

✅ Answer: B — The Asiatic Lion was India’s national animal until 1973, when it was replaced by the Bengal Tiger when Project Tiger was launched.

✅ Answer: B — The Indian Rupee symbol ₹ was designed by D. Udaya Kumar, a postgraduate student of IIT Bombay, and adopted on 15 July 2010.

✅ Answer: B — The Gangetic River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica) was declared India’s national aquatic animal in 2009. It is blind and uses echolocation.

✅ Answer: B — Vande Mataram was first published in Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s novel “Anandamath” in 1882.

✅ Answer: C — The Saka Calendar was adopted on 22 March 1957. The Calendar Reform Committee was chaired by Meghnad Saha.

✅ Answer: C — The Indian Elephant was declared India’s National Heritage Animal in 2010. Project Elephant was launched earlier in 1992.