Answer following questions in about 40 words.
Q1) What ideals does
Mandela set out for the future of south Africa
Ans1) Nelson Mandela said we got political freedom but we
should pledged to liberate all the people from poverty, deprivation, suffering,
gender and other discriminations.
Q2)What is Mandela’s
opinion regarding oppressor and oppressed?
Ans2) In the eyes of Mandela both oppressor and oppressed
are deprived of their humanity. Oppressor is a prisoner of hatred. And
oppressed has no confidence in humanity. He is also in the similar manner. So, both
needs to be liberated.
Q3) Mandela had
‘hunger for freedom’. How did it change his life?
Ans3) Mandela longed for freedom since his boyhood. He desperately wanted freedom. But as a
student he wished freedom only for himself. Gradually his hunger for freedom
increased many fold. It became the greater hunger for the freedom of his
people. This changed him and he joined the African National congress.
Q4) Why did the
inauguration ceremony take place in the amphitheatre formed by the union
Buildings in Pretoria
Ans4) The first democratic, non –racial government was taking
birth in South Africa .
A ceremony was organized in the amphitheatre formed by the union Buildings in Pretoria . It was attended
by dignitaries from more than 140 countries around the world. Thousands of South Africa
men, women and children of all races sang and danced with joy on this memorable
day of 10th May 1994.
Q5) What freedom
meant to Mandela in childhood?
Ans5) Meaning of freedom for Mandela during childhood was
very restricted. It meant to to be free to run in the fields, to swim in the
clear stream, free to roast mealies and ride the broad backs of slow moving
bulls.
Q6) What was the
incident involving a white guard in jail that helped Mandela to continue his
struggle against the racial government?
Ans6) In the prison Nelson Mandela and his comrades were kept
in extreme painful condition. During those days a guards showed sympathy
towards them just for few moments. This reinstalled Mandela faith on the belief
that a man’s goodness is a flame which could be hidden but never extinguished.
Some more questions for practice.
Answer following questions in about 40 words.
Q1) How did the
military generals conduct on that day?
Q2) What does Mandela
refer to as ‘an extraordinary human disaster?
Q3) What hope does
Mandela express for his country in his speech?
Q4) What were the
pledges taken by Nelson Mandela?
Q5) Why does Mandela
address the freedom as ‘new born liberty’?
