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UPSC PYQPrelims 2021

Civil Services Examination · Question 36

With reference to Madanapalle of Andhra Pradesh, which one of the following statements is correct?

  1. Pingali Venkayya designed the tricolour Indian National Flag here.
  2. Pattabhi Sitaramaiah led the Quit India Movement of Andhra region from here.
  3. Rabindranath Tagore translated the National Anthem from Bengali to English here.
  4. Madame Blavatsky and Colonel Olcott set up headquarters of Theosophical Society first here.
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Answer: (C) Rabindranath Tagore translated the National Anthem from Bengali to English here.

Explanation

In 1919 at Besant Theosophical College, Madanapalle, Tagore translated Jana Gana Mana into English as 'The Morning Song of India'.