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| Our national emblem is taken from Ashoka’s pillar at Sarnath. It is found on all government documents, coins, currency notes, postcards, and envelopes. It consists of four lions standing back to back but, we can see only three lions at a time. There is a Dharma chakra in the centre of the base plate, with the figure of a bull in the right and that of a horse in the left. The entire structure is sitting on a lotus. The words ‘Sathyameva Jayate’ is written under it in Devanagari script. These words mean, ‘Truth alone Triumphs’. |
- Where is our national emblem taken from?
- Where is our national emblem found?
- What does ‘Sathyameva Jayate’ mean?
- What are the animals found in the emblem?
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Solution
- Our national Emblem is taken from Ashoka’s pillar at Sarnath.
- It is found on all government documents, coins, currency notes, postcards, and envelopes.
- Sathyameva Jayate means, “Truth alone Triumphs”.
- Lions, bulls, and horses are the animals found in the emblem.
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