SEBA Class X English Chapter 2 MCQ

{ "questions":[ { "question": "What date is referred to at the beginning of the inauguration?", "options": ["10th March", "10th May", "27th April", "5th May"], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "Where did the inauguration ceremony take place?", "options": ["Johannesburg Stadium", "Cape Town Parliament", "Union Buildings, Pretoria", "Durban City Hall"], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "Who accompanied Mandela on the inauguration day?", "options": ["His wife", "His son", "His friend", "His daughter Zenani"], "answer": 3 }, { "question": "Who was sworn in as second deputy president?", "options": ["Mandela", "Desmond Tutu", "F. W. de Klerk", "Oliver Tambo"], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "Who was sworn in as first deputy president?", "options": ["Jacob Zuma", "Thabo Mbeki", "Cyril Ramaphosa", "Desmond Tutu"], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "Mandela pledged to obey and uphold the:", "options": ["Government", "Police", "Constitution", "Military"], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "Mandela referred to the past experience as an extraordinary:", "options": ["War", "Journey", "Human disaster", "Revolution"], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "Mandela said “Let freedom reign. ______ bless Africa!”", "options": ["People", "God", "We", "Mandela"], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "What did the military aircraft demonstrate?", "options": ["War strength", "South Africa's economy", "Loyalty to democracy", "Power of apartheid"], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "The array of jets left a smoke trail in the colours of the:", "options": ["ANC flag", "Old flag", "New South African flag", "Military banner"], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "The two anthems sung on the inauguration day were:", "options": ["Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika & Die Stem", "Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika & God Save the Queen", "Die Stem & Amazing Grace", "None of these"], "answer": 0 }, { "question": "Whites sang:", "options": ["Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika", "Die Stem", "A new anthem", "None of these"], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "Blacks sang:", "options": ["Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika", "Die Stem", "A freedom song", "None"], "answer": 0 }, { "question": "Mandela’s inauguration marked the end of:", "options": ["Apartheid", "Civil war", "Colonial rule", "Economic depression"], "answer": 0 }, { "question": "The system created after the Anglo-Boer war was one of:", "options": ["Equality", "Peace", "Racial domination", "Education"], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "Mandela refers to apartheid as a policy that created:", "options": ["Freedom", "Wealth", "Pain and suffering", "Economic growth"], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "Which of the following leaders is not mentioned by Mandela?", "options": ["Oliver Tambo", "Bram Fischer", "Nelson Mandela", "Robert Sobukwe"], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "According to Mandela, South Africa’s greatest wealth is:", "options": ["Gold", "People", "Oil", "Diamonds"], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "Courage is not the absence of fear, but:", "options": ["Ignoring it", "Triumph over it", "Avoiding it", "Pretending it doesn’t exist"], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "Mandela believes people are born with:", "options": ["Hatred", "Love", "Fear", "Bravery"], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "According to Mandela, hatred is:", "options": ["A human instinct", "Learned", "Inborn", "Natural"], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "Love comes more naturally to the human heart than:", "options": ["Anger", "Hatred", "Jealousy", "Courage"], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "What reassured Mandela even in prison?", "options": ["Visits from his family", "Comrades' unity", "Guards' glimmer of humanity", "News from the outside"], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "Every man has twin obligations — to family and:", "options": ["Himself", "His faith", "His community and country", "His business"], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "In South Africa, fulfilling both obligations was:", "options": ["Easy", "Encouraged", "Impossible for men of colour", "A privilege"], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "Mandela did not initially choose to place his people above:", "options": ["His friends", "His career", "His family", "His party"], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "As a child, Mandela believed he was:", "options": ["Controlled", "Free", "Destined to lead", "Rebellious"], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "Young Mandela's idea of freedom was:", "options": ["Illusion", "Complete", "National", "Imaginary"], "answer": 0 }, { "question": "Mandela joined the African National Congress because he:", "options": ["Wanted to fight British rule", "Was offered a job", "Realised others were not free", "Was forced to"], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "Freedom, according to Mandela, is:", "options": ["Selective", "Illusive", "Indivisible", "Temporary"], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "The desire for his own freedom became:", "options": ["A sacrifice", "A desire for his people’s freedom", "An obsession", "A law career"], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "Mandela describes his young self as:", "options": ["Quiet", "Bold", "Frightened", "Disobedient"], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "Mandela felt pain because:", "options": ["He lost a battle", "His people did not support him", "He couldn’t thank the earlier patriots", "He was injured"], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "Mandela’s freedom was taken away when he:", "options": ["Was born", "Became a lawyer", "Grew up and realised inequality", "Got married"], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "According to Mandela, the oppressor is also:", "options": ["Evil", "Powerful", "Robbed of humanity", "Free"], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "Taking away another’s freedom makes one:", "options": ["Brave", "A leader", "A prisoner of hatred", "Responsible"], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "Mandela’s courage came from:", "options": ["Fear", "His training", "His comrades", "His books"], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "Prison guards sometimes showed:", "options": ["Kindness", "Cruelty", "Cowardice", "Bravery"], "answer": 0 }, { "question": "According to Mandela, South Africa must recover from:", "options": ["Poverty", "Racism", "A deep wound", "Invasion"], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "Mandela refers to apartheid as:", "options": ["Law", "A deep and lasting wound", "A fair policy", "History"], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "Which of these men is described as having courage and generosity?", "options": ["Thabo Mbeki", "Jacob Zuma", "Chief Luthuli", "F. W. de Klerk"], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "Mandela describes his childhood freedom as:", "options": ["Political", "Absolute", "Tribal", "An illusion"], "answer": 3 }, { "question": "The phrase “a twilight existence” refers to:", "options": ["Living freely", "Living secretly and in hiding", "Royal lifestyle", "Comfortable life"], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "Mandela gave up his family life to serve:", "options": ["His political party", "His country", "The army", "The president"], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "Freedom is meaningful only if:", "options": ["All are free", "It is written in law", "It is partial", "The elite enjoy it"], "answer": 0 }, { "question": "Mandela compares man’s goodness to:", "options": ["A tree", "A seed", "A flame", "A river"], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "The flame of man’s goodness can be:", "options": ["Destroyed", "Hidden but never extinguished", "Blown away", "Ignited by hate"], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "Mandela describes apartheid as the source of:", "options": ["Strength", "Unity", "Suffering", "Power"], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "Mandela's attitude on the inauguration day was mostly:", "options": ["Proud and vengeful", "Grateful and reflective", "Angry", "Passive"], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "According to Mandela, what was the greatest achievement?", "options": ["Winning elections", "Military show", "Overthrow of apartheid and victory of freedom", "Becoming president"], "answer": 2 } ] }