The national song of India, 'Vande Mataram’, is an excerpt taken from the novel___________ written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 3 i.e. Anand Math.
- Anand Math is an 1882 classic Bengali Novel written during the time when the Indian Freedom movement was gaining momentum.
- It was based on a period about a century before that when Bengal was hit by a major famine leading to millions of people dying.
- There was no food, people were willing to sell their children for one meal, some even reached the level of eating other humans.