Question

The playing time of the full version of the national anthem is approximately ____seconds.
1. 58
2. 52
3. 68
4. 75

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : 52

The correct answer is 52.

• The National Anthem of India Jana-Gana-mana, composed originally in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore, was adopted in its Hindi version by the Constituent Assembly as the National Anthem of India on 24 January 1950.
• It was first sung on 27 December 1911 at the Kolkata Session of the Indian National Congress.
• The complete song consists of five stanzas. The first stanza contains the full version of the National Anthem.
• The playing time of the full version of the national anthem is approximately 52 seconds.
• It was translated in Hindi by Captain Abid Ali and composed by Captain Ram Singh.

• Rabindranath Tagore was born on 7 May 1861.
• He was the first Indian and first non-European to win a Noble Prize in Literature in 1913 for his work “Gitanjali”.
• Bangladesh’s National Anthem “Amar Sonal Bangla” is also taken from the works of Rabindranath Tagore.