Question

Our national song, Vande Mataram was taken from which of the following novels?
A. Geetanjali
B. Anandmath
C. Bharat Mata
D. None of these

Answer 1

Hint: The term 'Vande Mataram or Bande Mataram' signifies "I praise thee, Mother" or "I praise to thee, Mother".
In the first section, the word 'mataram' indicates India's motherland or the Bangamata (Mother Bengal) and Bharat Mata (Mother India).

Complete answer:
Vande Matram is India's national song written originally in Sanskrit & Bengali by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
It was sung for the first time at the 1896 Calcutta Congress meeting.
It was adopted by awarding it equal status with the national anthem Jana Gana Mana on January 24, 1950.
Let's look at the options:
1. Gitanjali is a book written by Rabindranath Tagore with poems. The book consists of 157 poems. The poems are all in the language of Bengali. But our National song is not in this book. So it's an incorrect option.
2. 'Vande Mataram' was published as a hymn to the motherland by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in the 1870s. It was later included in his novel Anandamath and sung widely throughout Bengal's Swadeshi movement. So it's the correct option.
3. In the history of modern Indian art, only two artists of repute have decorated Bharat Mata's canvas. The first was Abanindranath Tagore, a product of the Bengal Renaissance, who first visualised the Indian nation as a mother. The second was the modernist M F Husain, who was forced to spend his last years outside his country and whose painting of Bharat Mata was outlawed and trashed. So it's an incorrect option.
4. None of these - As option B is correct. So it's an incorrect option.

Hence the correct answer is option B.

Note: In the Indian political arena, The National Song of India is the most contested song. This national song is not performed by individuals of a single faith because it is written in an individual's worship, i.e. Mother India.