Q. Consider the following statements about the National Song Vande Mataram:
1.It was composed in Sanskrit by Bankimchandra Chatterjee.
2.It was first sung at the 1905 Benares session of the Indian National Congress by Rabindranath Tagore.
3.It was adopted as the National Song of India on 24 January 1950 by the Constituent Assembly.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
Answer: B
Notes:
Explanation:
- Statement 1 is correct – Vande Mataram was composed in Sanskrit by Bankimchandra Chatterjee.
- Statement 2 is incorrect – It was first sung at the 1896 Calcutta session, not 1905 Banaras.
- Statement 3 is correct – It was adopted on 24 January 1950 as the National Song of India.
Source- ET
