Class 10th English Book First Flight lesson 2 by Vikash Tanwar kheri
Chapter 2- Long Walk to Freedom MCQ
Question 1.
How does Nelson Mandela define the meaning of courage?
(a) Triumph over fear
(b) Triumph over love
(c) Triumph over selfish
(d) Triumph over poverty
Answer
Answer: (a) Triumph over fear
Question 2.
Where did ceremonies take place?
(a) Rockstone amphitheater
(b) Sandstone amphitheater
(c) Glass stone amphitheater
(d) None of the Above
Answer
Answer: (b) Sandstone amphitheater
Question 3.
Which flame can be hidden but never extinguished?
(a) Man’s love
(b) Man’s natural way
(c) Man’s goodness
(d) None of the Above
Answer
Answer: (c) Man’s goodness
Question 4.
Which day was the largest gathering of international leaders on South African soil for the installation of South Africa’s first democratic, non-racial government?
(a) 9th May
(b) 10th May
(c) 11th May
(d) 12th May
Answer
Answer: (b) 10th May
Question 5.
What is a country’s greatest wealth?
(a) Its minerals
(b) Its people
(c) Its technology
(d) None of the Above
Answer
Answer: (b) Its people
Question 6.
What does depths of oppression create?
(a) oppressed
(b) heights of character
(c) poverty
(d) lack of freedom
Answer
Answer: (b) heights of character
Question 7.
Who, according to Mandela is not free?
(a) oppressor
(b) oprressed
(c) both 1 and 2
(d) none of the above
Answer
Answer: (c) both 1 and 2
Question 8.
Which party did Mandela join?
(a) Indian National Congress
(b) African National Congress
(c) National African Party
(d) he did not join any party
Answer
Answer: (b) African National Congress
Question 9.
What realisations did Mandela have of his boyhood freedom?
(a) it is just an illusion
(b) he was born free
(c) freedom was meant for kids
(d) he had no realisations
Answer
Answer: (a) it is just an illusion
Question 10.
Why were two National Anthems sung?
(a) to imply unity
(b) to mark the end of racial discrimination
(c) to mark the end of gender discrimination
(d) Both 1 and 2
Answer
Answer: (d) Both 1 and 2
Question 11.
What did Mandela learn about courage?
(a) it is absence of fear
(b) it is the triumph over fear
(c) both 1 and 2
(d) none of the above
Answer
Answer: (b) it is the triumph over fear
Question 12.
What unintended effect did the decades of oppression and brutality had?
(a) created men of extraordinary courage, wisdom and generosity
(b) Poverty and suffering
(c) boycot from foreign nations
(d) both 2 and 3
Answer
Answer: (a) created men of extraordinary courage, wisdom and generosity
Question 13.
“The structure they created formed the basis of one of the harshest, most inhumane, societies the world has ever known.” What structure is Mandela talking about?
(a) Racial domination against the black skinned
(b) Poverty and suffering
(c) Discrimination against the poor
(d) oppression of women
Answer
Answer: (a) Racial domination against the black skinned
Question 14.
The spectacular array of South African jets was a display of –
(a) military’s precision
(b) military’s loyalty to democracy
(c) none of the above
(d) both 1 and 2
Answer
Answer: (d) both 1 and 2
Question 15.
What was it that the nation needed to be liberated from?
(a) poverty
(b) gender discrimination
(c) deprivation
(d) all of the above
Answer
Question 16.
What change brought international leaders to South Africa?
(a) End of Apartheid
(b) humanity
(c) peace
(d) trade negotiations
Answer
Answer: (a) End of Apartheid
Question 17.
How many deputy presidents were elected?
(a) two
(b) three
(c) one
(d) none
Answer
Answer: (a) two
Question 18.
When was the inauguration day?
(a) 10 May
(b) 10 March
(c) 20 May
(d) 20 March
Answer
Answer: (a) 10 May
