History · Colonial Economy
UGC NET December 2023 History
The text that portrayed women as 'Mother as she was', 'Mother as she is' and 'Mother as she will be' is:
AAnandamath ✓ Correct
BA comparison between women and men
CManusmriti
DArthashastra
Correct answer: (A) Anandamath — The answer is Anandamath by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
Explanation
★The answer is Anandamath by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
★In it the motherland is portrayed as the mother she was, is and will be.
★The novel describes the Sannyasi Rebellion of Bengal, dated around 1770 to 1820.
★India's national song, Vande Mataram, is taken from this novel.
★Manusmriti is a Dharmashastra text on social law, not this portrayal.
★Kautilya's Arthashastra is a treatise on statecraft, unrelated to the mother imagery.
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