This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 10 > English > Prose > Nelson Mandela > Class 10 English Chapter 2 Nelson Mandela – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 10 English Chapter 2 Nelson Mandela Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who gave Nelson Mandela his name "Nelson" ? A) His grandfather. B) His dad. C) His uncle. D) His junior primary teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His junior primary teacher. 2. For what were the international leaders coming before the inauguration? A) Pay their respect. B) Congratulate to Mandela. C) Being apart of apartheid. D) To see the oath ceremony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pay their respect. 3. What was the main focus of the legal practice started by Mandela and Tambo? A) Supporting apartheid laws. B) Providing legal aid to black South Africans. C) Defending white employers. D) Promoting British rule. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Providing legal aid to black South Africans. 4. Full form of ANC? A) African National Congress. B) Anti non coopreative commission. C) All nation committee. D) All Nigeria Congress. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) African National Congress. 5. Which of the following describes Nelson Mandela's idea of freedom? A) Freedom can only be achieved when both the oppressor and the oppressed are free. B) Freedom can only be achieved when the whites leave the blacks alone. C) Freedom will never be attainable because people are too set in their ways. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Freedom can only be achieved when both the oppressor and the oppressed are free. 6. Nelson's father named him Rolihlahla when he was born. What did that mean? A) Artist. B) Troublemaker. C) Successor. D) Leader. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Troublemaker. 7. The name Nelson was given to him by ..... A) One of his uncles. B) His father. C) One of his teachers. D) One of his friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One of his teachers. 8. Why did Mandela go to Prison? A) Trying to start apartheid in South Africa. B) Trying to stop apartheid in South Africa. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trying to stop apartheid in South Africa. 9. Kilala ng lahat si Mandela bilang isang taong "mapagpakumbaba" . Ano ang kasing kahulugan ng salitang nakapanipi? A) Mahiyain. B) Tahimik. C) May mababang loob. D) Matalino. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) May mababang loob. 10. What major event happened in South Africa in 1994? A) A new national holiday. B) The first multiracial elections. C) The discovery of gold. D) The World Cup. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The first multiracial elections. 11. Why was Nelson Mandela expelled from Fort Hare A) He aranged a boycott. B) HE resigned from the SRC. C) He got Failed his classes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) HE resigned from the SRC. 12. What was Mandela's first job? A) Teacher. B) Lawyer. C) Firefighter. D) Police officer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lawyer. 13. What political group did Nelson Mandela become a leader of early on in his fight against apartheid? A) Democratic National Party. B) African National Congress party. C) National Congress Party. D) Union Of South Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) African National Congress party. 14. In which month and year did Nelson Mandela die? A) April 2014. B) March 2013. C) May 2013. D) May 2015. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) May 2013. 15. What did Nelson Mandela do after leaving the University College of Fort Hare? A) Went to Johannesburg. B) Started a business. C) Got married. D) Joined the ANC. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went to Johannesburg. 16. Wat beteken billikheid? A) As iets nie regverdig of reg is nie. B) As iets regverdig of reg is. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As iets regverdig of reg is. 17. ..... is an autobiography written by South African President Nelson Mandela A) Chronicles. B) Open. C) Long Walk To Freedom. D) Midnight's Children. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Long Walk To Freedom. 18. Which President of South Africa ordered Nelson Mandela's release from prison? A) Pik Botha. B) Cecil Rhodes. C) Jongintaba Dalindyebo. D) F.W. De Klerk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) F.W. De Klerk. 19. When did the ACN win the fight against apartheid? A) 1994. B) 1948. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1994. 20. In "The Inaugural Address of Nelson Mandela" the author is writing from the viewpoint of A) A patriotic South African. B) An injured soldier. C) A prisoner of war. D) A discriminatory ruler. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A patriotic South African. 21. Who came specially for inauguration? A) Dignitaries and guest. B) World leaders and zenani. C) World leaders and dignitaries. D) Nelson mandela and zenani. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) World leaders and dignitaries. 22. Once apartheid was ended and Nelson was freed from prison, he swore that the people of South Africa would never experience the oppression that it did for so many years. What does oppression mean? A) Being smothered by a large object. B) Unhappy memories. C) Unjust treatment or control. D) Bright and joyous events. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unjust treatment or control. 23. Who renamed NELSON MANDELA A) A teacher. B) Uncle. C) Mother. D) Father. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A teacher. 24. Who accompanied Nelson Mandela on the inauguration? A) His friend, Zenani. B) His sister, Zenani. C) His daughter, Zenani. D) His mother, Zenani. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His daughter, Zenani. 25. "Never, never again will this beautiful land ..... of one by another, " said Nelson Mandela in his address. A) Experience an oppression. B) The oppression. C) Experience the oppression. D) Experience. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Experience the oppression. 26. What was the relationship between Mandela and the acting king after his father's death? A) The acting king was Mandela's uncle. B) The acting king was Mandela's brother. C) The acting king was Mandela's cousin. D) The acting king was Mandela's grandfather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The acting king was Mandela's uncle. 27. Which country had an apartheid system until very recently? A) United States of America. B) Canada. C) Australia. D) South Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) South Africa. 28. Which of the following is the definition of apartheid? A) Violence or cruelty. B) Policy of racial segregation against blacks. C) Toughness or strength. D) Dramatic change. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Policy of racial segregation against blacks. 29. When he got out of prison, Nelson Mandela wanted ..... A) To be angry. B) To have peace. C) To fight people. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To have peace. 30. In which country were you President? A) Zambia. B) South Africa. C) Mozambique. D) Guinea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) South Africa. 31. What did Deklerk and Nelson Mandela share together? A) Mandela's release. B) Nobel Peace Prize. C) Mandela being elected as President. D) Mandela's new marriage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nobel Peace Prize. 32. Nelson Mandela became first Black President of South Africa. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 33. Communists ..... civil rights for black Africans. A) Opposed. B) Wanted the gradual extension of. C) Wanted full and immediate. D) Undermined. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wanted full and immediate. 34. Who among the following is not a freedom fighter in South Africa? A) Oliver Tambo. B) Kwame Nkrumah. C) Walter Sisulu. D) Chief Luthuli. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chief Luthuli. 35. This story is an example of: A) Epic. B) Biography. C) Autobiography. D) Biopic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autobiography. 36. Mandela peleo por la igualdad y la libertad. Igualdad quiere decir ..... A) Todos tenemos derechos diferentes. B) Todos tenemos los mismos derechos y debemos ser tratados por igual. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Todos tenemos los mismos derechos y debemos ser tratados por igual. 37. In this selection, the word European means ..... A) Indian people. B) Brown people. C) White people. D) Black people. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) White people. 38. True or False:Mandela believed that violence was the best way for Africans to achieve independence in South Africa. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 39. When was Nelson Mandela president of South Africa? A) 2004-2009. B) 1986-1991. C) 1994-1999. D) 2007-2012. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1994-1999. 40. I yearned for the basic and honorable freedoms of achieving my potential, of earning my keep, of marrying and having a family.What is the meaning of the word yearned as it is used in the sentence? A) To not want. B) To not care about. C) To long for. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To long for. 41. As a young college boy, he studied: A) Foreign Affairs. B) Law. C) Literature. D) Business Administration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Law. 42. What did Mandela feel overwhelmed with during his inauguration? A) Joy. B) A sense of history. C) Fear. D) Excitement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A sense of history. 43. After he returned home from college, from what was Mandela running away? A) His extended family. B) An arranged marriage. C) Bankruptcy. D) A failed marriage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An arranged marriage. 44. What did he do to be just like his dad? A) Stick fight with other people in the village. B) Rub ash onto his hair to make it white. C) Keep a journal and write stories. D) Gather food from the village to feed people. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rub ash onto his hair to make it white. 45. In 1941, Nelson Mandela ran away to Johannesburg and worked as a A) Mine security. B) Garbage collector. C) Lawyer. D) Nurse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mine security. 46. The word that means:caused something to happen A) Profound. B) Obligations. C) Enhanced. D) Wrought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wrought. 47. All of the following were illegal for Black people during apartheid except A) Going into the city without travel papers. B) Leaving the country without permission from the government and a passport. C) Marrying people of different races. D) Having Black owned businesses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Having Black owned businesses. 48. "Once Nelson was released from prison, he gave thanks to millions of his compatriots in a speech he made to his countrymen."Which word from the detail above is a synonym for compatriots? A) Released. B) Countrymen. C) Speech. D) Millions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Countrymen. 49. What did Nelson Mandela fight against during the Apartheid era? A) Armed struggle. B) Student politics. C) Peaceful protests. D) Unfair laws. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unfair laws. 50. Nelson Mandela felt the greater hunger for ..... A) The freedom of his parents. B) The freedom of his people. C) The freedom of his friends. D) The freedom of his neighbor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The freedom of his people. 51. Whites were singing A) Long live Africa. B) Nkosi Sikelel-iAfrika. C) Die stem. D) Marseilles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nkosi Sikelel-iAfrika. 52. What sport does President Mandela use to promote reconciliation in South Africa? A) Rugby. B) Baseball. C) Hockey. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rugby. 53. In his speech after he was freed, Nelson stated that South Africa needed to act together as a united people and there needed to be a national reconciliation between all people of the country. What is the meaning of reconciliation? A) The creation a new flag in brighter colors. B) The act of restoring friendly relationships. C) The act of recreating the borders of the country. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The act of restoring friendly relationships. 54. What is resilience? A) Capable of bouncing back or recovering after a bad situation. B) To easily give up when facing problems/adversity. C) To change dramatically from one form to another. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capable of bouncing back or recovering after a bad situation. 55. The major suffering that the blacks of South Africa faced at the hands of white people were a system of ..... A) Racial domination. B) Civil and human society. C) Society and children. D) .harsh society. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Racial domination. 56. How does the author portray the idea of freedom in paragraphs 4 through 8? A) It is a reward for those who sacrificed and surrendered lives, but it does not come easily. B) It is an extraordinary human disaster that has lasted too long. C) It should be celebrated in South Africa and in other parts of the world with glory and hope. D) It is something that only the soul can experience when it is free to fulfill itself. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is a reward for those who sacrificed and surrendered lives, but it does not come easily. 57. (Common) What war are Common and John Legend referring to in these lyrics, "One day when the war is won, we will be sure, we will be sure, oh glory" during the song "Glory." A) They are referring to the war of 1812. B) They are referring to the war of fighting.Tags4E4F6D. C) They are referring to the world wars. D) They are referring to the war of discrimination. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are referring to the war of discrimination. 58. Who took first oath in the inauguration ceremony A) Nelson Mandela. B) Zenani. C) Thabo Mbeki. D) Mr. de Clerk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mr. de Clerk. 59. He went on trial for treason in 1956-1961 and was acquitted in 1961.What is the meaning of the word acquitted as it is used in the sentence? A) Found guilty. B) Put on probation. C) Declared innocent. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Declared innocent. 60. Which of the following best describes the voting system in South Africa prior to 1994? A) It treated everyone equally. B) It was based on logic and reason. C) It treated black people unfairly. D) It united the country into one voting region. 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