Question

The National Song ‘Vande Mataram' is a part of which of the following novels of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay?
1. Bankim Rachanabali
2. Rajasimha
3. Anandamath
4. Kapalkundala

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Anandamath

The correct answer is Anand Math.

 

• Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote the national song 'Vande Mataram', which was a part of his novel Anandamath (1882).
• It is a political novel depicting a Sanyasi army fighting the British soldiers.
• The poem was first sung by Rabindranath Tagore in the 1896 session of the Indian National Congress.
• On 24 January 1950, the Constituent Assembly of India has adopted "Vande Mataram" as a national song.
• On this occasion, the first President of India, Rajendra Prasad stated that the song should be honoured equally with the national anthem of India, Jana Gana Mana.