Dear students, recently CBSE announced that they will be gradually revising the question pattern in the upcoming examinations for almost all subjects, including English. They declared that from now on, at least 50% of the total questions will be multiple-choice based questions (MCQs). Based on this decision of the board, we have decided to come up with sessions discussing model MCQs as per the guidelines.
This session is going to be focused on MCQs exclusively based on English, chapter 2, ‘Nelson Mandela – Long Walk To Freedom’.
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. This chapter is extracted from his autobiography ‘Long Walk to Freedom’.
Nelson Mandela MCQs With answers
- Who was Nelson Mandela?
A. South Africa’s first black president
B. South America’s first black president
C. South Africa’s first vice president
D. South America’s first vice president
Answer: A. South Africa’s first black president
2. Nelson Mandela’s full name is:
A. Nelson Thabo Mandela
B. Nelson Joseph Mandela
C. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
D. Nelson Zenani Mandela
Answer: C. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
3. When was Nelson Mandela born?
A. 18 July 1918
B. 18 June 1918
C. 19 July 1819
D. 19 June 1819
Answer: A.18 July 1918
4. When did Nelson Mandela die?
A. 5 December, 2003
B. 13 December, 2003
C. 5 December, 2013
D. 13 December, 2013
Answer: C. 5 December 2013
5. What is the name of Nelson Mandela’s autobiography?
A. Nelson Mandela’s autobiography
B. Long Walk to Freedom
C. African apartheid
D. My experiments with truth
Answer: B. Long Walk to Freedom
6. What was the name of Nelson Mandela’s political party?
A. African National Congress
B. South African Congress
C. North African Congress
D. Southern National Congress
Answer: A. African National Congress
7. How long did Nelson Mandela stay imprisoned?
A. 10 years
B. 10 months
C. 30 months
D. 30 years
Answer: D. 30 years
8. How many seats did Nelson Mandela’s party win in 1994?
A. 143
B. 254
C. 252
D. 145
Answer: C. 252
9. When did democratic elections start in South Africa?
A. 1943
B. 1944
C. 1945
D. 1946
Answer: B.1944
10. On what day did Nelson Mandela become South Africa’s first black president?
A. 10 January 1944
B. 10 May 1944
C. 10 June 1944
D. 10 December 1944
Answer: B. 10 May, 1944
11. Where did the inauguration ceremony take place?
A. Union Buildings amphitheatre in Pretoria
B. Union Buildings amphitheatre in Rome
C. Union Buildings amphitheatre in New York
D. Union Buildings amphitheatre in Paris
Answer: A. Union Buildings amphitheatre in Pretoria
12. The amphitheatre was made up of which material?
A. Cement
B. Bricks
C. Stone
D. Sandstone
Answer: D. Sandstone
13. Nelson Mandela’s government was South Africa’s first _______ government.
A. Democratic, non-racial
B. All white
C. Democratic, all-white
D. All black
Answer: A. Democratic, non-racial
14. Who accompanied Nelson Mandela on the inauguration day?
A. His son, Thabo
B. His son, Zenani
C. His daughter, Thabo
D. His daughter, Zenani
Answer: D. His daughter, Zenani
15. “Out of the experience of an extraordinary human disaster that lasted too long” – what human disaster is Nelson Mandela talking about?
A. Apartheid, cruelty against Blacks
B. Cruelty against Whites
C. Cruelty against Asians
D. Cruelty against animals
Answer: A. Apartheid, cruelty against Blacks
16. Which of these buildings is made up of sandstone?
A. Red fort
B. Taj Mahal
C. Victoria Memorial
D. Moti Masjid
Answer: A. Red Fort
17. What is the “glorious human achievement” that Nelson Mandela talks about in his speech?
A. Freedom of Blacks, end of apartheid
B. Freedom of Whites
C. Freedom of India from British rule
D. Winning the World War
Answer: A. Freedom of Blacks, end of apartheid
18. What does Mandela thank the international leaders for?
A. For helping the Whites
B. For helping the Blacks
C. For fighting together in war
D. For coming to witness the inauguration of a new non-racial government
Answer: D. For coming to witness the inauguration of a new non-racial government
19. How many national anthems were sung on the inauguration day?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 0
D. 3
Answer: B. 2
20. Why were two national anthems sung?
A. One for Whites, one for Blacks; for equality
B. Because there were two different languages
C. Because many people didn’t know English
D. Because of White supremacy
Answer: A. One for Whites, one for Blacks; for equality
21. Which emotion comes more naturally to the heart?
A. Love
B. Hate
C. Anger
D. Discrimination
Answer: A. Love
22. What are the twin obligations in the life of a person?
A. Obligation to food and wine
B. Obligation to nation and military
C. Obligation to his family and nation
D. Obligation to family and wife
Answer: C. Obligation to his family and nation
22. Why did Nelson Mandela say that the oppressor needs to be liberated as well?
A. Because the oppressed need liberation
B. Because the oppressor is also enslaved to his hatred
C. Because the oppressor is imprisoned
D. Because the oppressed need freedom
Answer: B. Because the oppressor is also enslaved to his hatred
- Choose the correct meaning of the following words/phrases:
23. A rainbow gathering of different colours and nations
A. A great ability (almost unimaginable) to remain unchanged by suffering (not losing hope, goodness or courage)
B. A beautiful coming together of various peoples, like the colours in a rainbow
C. The centre of racial superiority
D. A sign of human feeling (goodness, kindness, pity, justice, etc.)
Answer: B. A beautiful coming together of various peoples, like the colours in a rainbow
24. The seat of white supremacy
A. The centre of racial superiority
B. Feel deeply emotional, remembering and understanding all the past events that have led up to the moment
C. A beautiful coming together of various peoples, like the colours in a rainbow
D. A sign of human feeling (goodness, kindness, pity, justice, etc.)
Answer: A. The centre of racial superiority
25. Be overwhelmed with a sense of history
A. The centre of racial superiority
B. Feel deeply emotional, remembering and understanding all the past events that have led up to the moment
C. A sign of human feeling (goodness, kindness, pity, justice, etc.)
D. A half-secret life, like a life, lived in the fading light between sunset and darkness
Answer: B. Feel deeply emotional, remembering and understanding all the past events that have led up to the moment
26. The resilience that defies the imagination
A. Feel deeply emotional, remembering and understanding all the past events that have led up to the moment
B. The centre of racial superiority
C. A great ability (almost unimaginable) to remain unchanged by suffering (not losing hope, goodness or courage)
D. A sign of human feeling (goodness, kindness, pity, justice, etc.)
Answer: C. A great ability (almost unimaginable) to remain unchanged by suffering (not losing hope, goodness or courage)
27. A glimmer of humanity
A. A sign of human feeling (goodness, kindness, pity, justice, etc.)
B. A half-secret life, like a life, lived in the fading light between sunset and darkness
C. A beautiful coming together of various peoples, like the colours in a rainbow
D. The centre of racial superiority
Answer: A. A sign of human feeling (goodness, kindness, pity, justice, etc.)
28. A twilight existence
A. A great ability (almost unimaginable) to remain unchanged by suffering (not losing hope, goodness or courage)
B. The centre of racial superiority
C. A sign of human feeling (goodness, kindness, pity, justice, etc.)
D. A half-secret life, like a life, lived in the fading light between sunset and darkness
Answer: D. A half-secret life, like a life, lived in the fading light between sunset and darkness
29. Inauguration
A. the formal admission of someone to office
B. the informal passing of the crown
C. a house warming party
D. a victory celebration
Answer: A. the formal admission of someone to office
30. Apartheid
A. partying
B. a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race
C. a policy to implement equal rights
D. a policy to implement justice
Answer: B. a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race
31. Dignitaries
A. A person with knowledge
B. A person considered to be important because of high rank or office
C. A white person
D. A medical professional
Answer: B. A person considered to be important because of high rank or office
32. Besieged
A. Surrounded by the valley
B. Large in size
C. Small in size
D. Surrounded by armed forces aiming to capture it or force surrender
Answer: D. Surrounded by armed forces aiming to capture it or force surrender
33. Amphitheatre
A. A theatre underwater
B. A semicircular seating gallery in a theatre
C. A rectangular gallery
D. A triangular gallery
Answer: B. A semicircular seating gallery in a theatre
34. Confer
A. Grant
B. Confiscate
C. Take
D. Deliver
Answer: A. Grant
35. Emancipation
A. the freeing of someone from slavery
B. imprisoning someone
C. migrating to another country
D. coming back to your country
Answer: A. the freeing of someone from slavery
36. Spectacular array
A. Dull display
B. An impressive display
C. Light-coloured display
D. Black-coloured display
Answer: B. An impressive display
37. Chevron
A. L shaped pattern
B. V-shaped pattern
C. T shaped pattern
D. W shaped pattern
Answer: B. V-shaped pattern
38. Despised
A. Feel happy
B. Feel sad
C. Feel contempt
D. Feel angry
Answer: C. Feel contempt
39. Profound
A. Very happy
B. Very great or intense
C. Unimpressive
D. Not important
Answer: B. Very great or intense
40. Resilient
A. Forcing someone to be silent
B. Always silent
C. Very talkative
D. Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions
Answer: D. Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions
41. Prejudice
A. preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience
B. opinions based on truth
C. laws that help the poor
D. laws that take away from the poor
Answer: A. preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience
42. Curtailed
A. Impose duties
B. Impose taxes
C. Reduce in extent or quantity
D. Increase in extent or quantity
Answer: C. Reduce in extent or quantity
43. Transitory
A. Not permanent
B. Permanent
C. Judicial
D. Non-judicial
Answer: A. Not permanent
44. Illusion
A. A deceptive impression
B. A mythical creature
C. An unknown object
D. A known object
Answer: A. A deceptive impression
45. Inevitable
A. Unavoidable
B. Unauthorized
C. Unavailable
D. Unknown
Answer: A. Unavoidable
46. Inclination
A. A rectangular surface
B. a person’s natural tendency or urge to act or feel in a particular way
C. A type of marking
D. A category of law
Answer: B. a person’s natural tendency or urge to act or feel in a particular way
47. Outlaws
A. Not affected by laws
B. Outside the laws
C. a person who has broken the law, especially one who remains at large or is a fugitive
D. Not under the government
Answer: C. a person who has broken the law, especially one who remains at large or is a fugitive
48. Rebellion
A. an act of armed resistance to an established government or leader
B. the group of people with the authority to govern a country or state; a particular ministry in office
C. the provision of money, resources, or information to help someone
D. the state of being imprisoned; captivity
Answer: A. An act of armed resistance to an established government or leader
49. Government
A. the group of people with the authority to govern a country or state; a particular ministry in office
B. a group of people organizing a picnic
C. a group of people cleaning the zoo
D. the provision of money, resources, or information to help someone
Answer: A. the group of people with the authority to govern a country or state; a particular ministry in office
50. Constitution
A. the action of bringing someone or something under domination or control
B. the provision of money, resources, or information to help someone
C. a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed
D. the state of being imprisoned; captivity
Answer: C. a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed
51. Contribution
A. the part played by a person or thing in bringing about a result or helping something to advance
B. being unhelpful
C. the law of a nation
D. the action of bringing someone or something under domination or control
Answer: A. the part played by a person or thing in bringing about a result or helping something to advance
52. Assistance
A. Being unhelpful
B. the action of bringing someone or something under domination or control
C. the action of humiliating someone or the state of being humiliated
D. the provision of money, resources, or information to help someone
Answer: D. the provision of money, resources, or information to help someone
53. Subjugation
A. the quality or state of being free
B. the refusal to accept or comply with something
C. the action of bringing someone or something under domination or control
D. the state of being imprisoned; captivity.
Answer: C. the action of bringing someone or something under domination or control
54. Humiliation
A. the action of humiliating someone or the state of being humiliated
B. Being angry at someone
C. Being distant
D. Being inhumane
Answer: A. the action of humiliating someone or the state of being humiliated
55. Imprisonment
A. the state of being imprisoned; captivity
B. the right to freedom
C. staying indoors
D. staying outdoors
Answer: A. The state of being imprisoned; captivity
56. Resistance
A. Electrical conductivity
B. the refusal to accept or comply with something
C. Accepting something
D. Being confused
Answer: B. the refusal to accept or comply with something
57. Liberty
A. A statue
B. the quality or state of being free
C. the state of being denied freedom
D. A bridge
Answer: B. the quality or state of being free
58. Poverty
A. state or condition in which a person or community lacks the financial resources and essentials for a minimum standard of living
B. the action of removing someone’s doubts or fears
C. preventing people from doing what they want to do
D. thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else
Answer: A. state or condition in which a person or community lacks the financial resources and essentials for a minimum standard of living
59. Deprivation
A. Privilege
B. Necessity
C. the lack or denial of something considered to be a necessity
D. the lack of privilege
Answer: C. the lack or denial of something considered to be a necessity
60. Reassurance
A. the action of removing someone’s doubts or fears
B. to make someone happy
C. to make someone doubtful
D. to praise someone
Answer: A. the action of removing someone’s doubts or fears
61. Unmindful
A. Conscious and aware
B. Full of awareness
C. Unconscious and unaware
D. Sorrowful
Answer: C. Unconscious and unaware
62. Discrimination
A. the fair and equal treatment of different categories of people
B. equality and equal rights
C. the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, sex, or disability
D. unbiased judicial treatment
Answer: C. the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, sex, or disability
63. Racial injustice
A. Racial injustice occurs when all the races are treated equally.
B. Racial injustice occurs when everyone has equal rights.
C. Racial injustice is a myth.
D. Racial injustice occurs anytime a person is denied their constitutional rights based upon the colour of their skin.
Answer: D. Racial injustice occurs anytime a person is denied their constitutional rights based upon the colour of their skin.
64. Restrictive laws
A. Law that allows people to move freely.
B. Laws that allow people full freedom.
C. Laws that prevent people from doing what they want to do, or from moving freely.
D. A specific category of laws that allow freedom.
Answer: C. Laws that prevent people from doing what they want to do, or from moving freely.
65. What do you mean by ‘definite article’?
A. The word ‘the’ is used in English to refer to a person or thing that is identified or specified.
B. An article that is predefined.
C. An article that needs to be defined.
D. An article that needs no definition.
Answer: A. The word ‘the’ is used in English to refer to a person or thing that is identified or specified.
66. What are ‘homophones’?
A. A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind is used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.
B. Each of two or more words has the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling, for example, new and knew.
C. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
D. A thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else.
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