Every symbol of our nation carries a meaning. For a Sainik School candidate these are not just exam facts — they are the things you will stand and salute every morning.
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🇮🇳 The Tiranga, part by part
Length : width = 3 : 2
Saffron (top)
Strength, courage and sacrifice
White (middle)
Peace and truth · carries the Ashoka Chakra
Green (bottom)
Faith, fertility and growth
Ashoka Chakra
Navy blue wheel with 24 spokes — the wheel of law (dharma), meaning life is in movement and there is death in stagnation
🦁 The National Emblem
• Adapted from the Lion Capital of Ashoka at Sarnath.
• It has four lions standing back to back — but only three are visible in the picture.
• Below is a wheel, with a bull on the right and a horse on the left.
• Adopted on 26 January 1950, the day India became a Republic.
सत्यमेव जयते
"Satyameva Jayate"
= Truth alone triumphs
Taken from the Mundaka Upanishad and written below the emblem in Devanagari script.
Learn these as a set — one question from this list appears almost every year.
🎵 National Anthem
Jana Gana Mana
🎶 National Song
Vande Mataram
🏅 Awards a Sainik School student should know
Bharat Ratna
India's highest civilian award
Param Vir Chakra
India's highest wartime gallantry award
Ashoka Chakra (award)
Highest peacetime gallantry award
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna
India's highest sporting honour
The most common wrong answer in India
Many books say hockey is India's national game. In fact the Government of India has clarified that no game has been officially declared the national game of India. Hockey is often called our national game out of affection and history, but it has never been officially notified.
If an option says "India has no declared national game", that is the correct one.
📌 A few more you should know
🗓️ National calendar — Saka calendar (first month Chaitra)
₹ Currency symbol — designed by D. Udaya Kumar, adopted 2010
🕊️ Father of the Nation — Mahatma Gandhi
📜 The Constitution came into force — 26 January 1950
🎂 Independence Day — 15 August 1947
🦁 Emblem adopted — 26 January 1950
Tap each card to check yourself.
12 AISSEE-style questions on the icons and symbols of India. 🍀
