2025 · Q95
Which of the following books portrays three images of the Mother Goddess: “Mother as she was”, “Mother as she is” and “Mother as she will be”?
General KnowledgeHistory of India
- ADurgeshnandini
- BKapalkundala
- CAnandamath
- DDevi Chaudhurani
Explanation
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's 'Anandamath' (1882) portrays the Mother (the motherland) in three images — 'Mother as she was, Mother as she is, and Mother as she will be' — and it contains the song 'Vande Mataram'. Durgeshnandini, Kapalkundala and Devi Chaudhurani are his other novels but do not carry this theme. The novel is set against the Sannyasi rebellion in late-18th-century Bengal.