GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is 1911. The national anthem was first sung on the second day of the annual conference of the Indian National Congress (INC) in Calcutta on December 27, 1911.

Detailed explanation-2: -The text was first published in 1905, in an issue of Tatwabodhini Patrika. In 1911, the session held by Indian National Congress, in Calcutta, on 27th December, became the first location where the song was sung publicly – and Tagore sang it himself.

Detailed explanation-3: -Rabindranath Tagore sang Vande Mataram in 1896 at the Calcutta Congress Session held at Beadon Square.