Question

Who is the author of Vande Mataram?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Rabindranath Tagore
(C) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(D) Sarat Chandra Chatterjee

Answer 1

Hint The author is a Bengali writer and Vande Mataram is a Sanskrit poem written by him that was included in his 1882 Bengali novel Anandamath. Vande Mataram is an ode to Motherland, India and was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India as national song on 24 January, 1950.

Complete Step by Step AnswerThe author of Vande Mataram is Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, also known as Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was an Indian novelist, poet and journalist. Vande Mataram is India’s national song, that is an ode to Motherland, India.

Additional Information Bankim Chandra Chatterjee was born on 26 June, 1838 in Naihati, Kolkata. He wrote thirteen novels, of which the Anandamath, a Bengali fiction, got published in 1882 and is considered to be one of his most important novels as it was set in the background of the Sannyasi rebellion in the late 18th century.

So, the correct answer is an option (C)

NoteThe main theme of the novel Anandamath was love towards Motherland and the freedom struggle is considered to be the secondary one. At the end of the novel, the importance and necessity of British rule in India as an instrument of social changes and regeneration was pleaded through a character. Vande Mataram is a Sanskrit stotra personifying India as a mother goddess and inspiring activists during the Indian Independence Movement.