Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom – 50
Assertion-Reasoning Questions
Instructions for
Assertion-Reasoning Questions
For each question,
select the correct option:
· (a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of
Assertion (A).
·
(b) Both Assertion (A)
and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is NOT the correct explanation of Assertion
(A).
·
(c) Assertion (A) is
true, but Reason (R) is false.
·
(d) Assertion (A) is
false, but Reason (R) is true.
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1. Assertion (A): Apartheid is a political system
that separates people according to their race.
Reason
(R): This system was practised in South Africa until very recently.
Answer: (a)
2. Assertion (A): Nelson Mandela became the first Black president of South Africa.
Reason (R): His party won 252 of the 400 seats in the first democratic elections.
Answer: (a)
3. Assertion (A): The inauguration took place on
10 May 1994.
Reason (R): This date is
considered an "autumn day" in South Africa.
Answer: (b) (Both are
true, but the date being autumn isn't the reason for the inauguration).
4. Assertion (A): Mandela was besieged by world
leaders before the inauguration.
Reason (R): They were
coming to pay their respects to the new democratic nation.
Answer: (a)
5. Assertion (A): The ceremony took place in the
Union Buildings in Pretoria.
Reason (R): It was a sandstone
amphitheatre that had previously been the seat of white supremacy.
Answer: (a)
6. Assertion (A): Mandela calls the gathering a
"rainbow gathering."
Reason (R): It brought
together people of different colours and nations to install a non-racial
government.
Answer: (a)
7. Assertion (A): Mr. de Klerk was sworn in as
the first deputy president.
Reason (R): Thabo Mbeki was
sworn in as the second deputy president.
Answer: (d) (Assertion is
false; de Klerk was the 2nd deputy, and Mbeki was the 1st).
8. Assertion (A): Mandela pledged to obey and
uphold the Constitution.
Reason (R): He devoted himself
to the well-being of the Republic and its people.
Answer: (a)
9. Assertion (A): Mandela refers to apartheid as
an "extraordinary human disaster."
Reason (R): It was a
system that lasted too long and caused deep suffering.
Answer: (a)
10. Assertion (A): South Africans were
"outlaws" not so long ago.
Reason (R): Many
countries had broken off relations with South Africa because of its apartheid
policy.
Answer: (a)
11. Assertion (A): Mandela pledged to liberate his
people from the bondage of poverty.
Reason (R): Poverty,
deprivation, and suffering were continuing issues for many South Africans.
Answer: (a)
12. Assertion (A): The South African jets
displayed pinpoint precision and military force.
Reason (R): This was a
demonstration of the military’s loyalty to democracy.
Answer: (a)
13. Assertion (A): The military generals saluted
Mandela instead of arresting him.
Reason (R): They recognised
him as the fairly elected head of the new government.
Answer: (a)
14. Assertion (A): A chevron of Impala jets left a
trail of five colours.
Reason (R): These colours represented
the new South African flag.
Answer: (a)
15. Assertion (A): Two national anthems were sung
on the day of the inauguration.
Reason (R): It symbolised the union and equality of Blacks and whites in the new nation.
Answer: (a)
16. Assertion (A): Blacks sang 'Die Stem' during
the inauguration.
Reason (R): 'Die Stem'
was the old anthem of the Republic. Answer: (a)
17. Assertion (A): Mandela was overwhelmed with a
sense of history.
Reason (R): He was thinking
about the Anglo-Boer War and the birth of apartheid.
Answer: (a)
18. Assertion (A): The apartheid system was one of
the most humane societies known.
Reason (R): It was
replaced by a system recognising the rights of all peoples.
Answer: (d)(Assertion is
false; it was "most inhumane").
19. Assertion (A): Mandela felt he was the
"sum of all African patriots" who died before him.
Reason (R): Their
sacrifices had built the foundation for the freedom he was now celebrating.
Answer: (a)
20. Assertion (A): The policy of apartheid created
a deep and lasting wound.
Reason (R): It would take
generations for people to recover from that profound hurt.
Answer: (a)
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