Lesson 2 Nelson Mandela
Class X Subject English
Lesson 2 Nelson Mandela
Very Short Type Questions
Q .1 Where did the ceremonies take place? Can you name any public buildings in India that are made of sandstone?
Q .2 Can you say how 10 May is an ‘autumn day’ in South Africa?
Q .3 What type of government was set up by the constitution?
Q .4 Who was appointed as the first deputy president?
Q .5 Who was appointed as the second deputy president?
Q .6 Who was appointed as the president?
Q .7 How had the day of South African freedom come about?
Q .8 What did Mandela discover as a young man?
Q .9 What did animate the life of Mandela?
Q .10 Who are robbed of their humanity?
Short Type Questions
Q .1 What does Mandela thank the international leaders for?
Q .2 What ideals does he set out for the future of South Africa?
Q .3 How did Mandela’s ‘hunger for freedom’ change his life?
Q .4 What “twin obligations” does Mandela mention?
Q .5 Does Mandela think the oppressor is free? Why/Why not?
Q .6 Which does he think is natural, to love or to hate?
Q .7 What does courage mean to Mandela?
Q .8 How did Mandela’s understanding of freedom change with age and experience?
Q .9 What does Mandela mean when he says he is “simply the sum of all those African patriots” who had gone before him?
Q .10 Why did such a large number of international leaders attend the inauguration? What did it signify the triumph of?
Long type questions
Q .1 What do the military generals do? How has their attitude changed, and why?
Q .2 Why were two national anthems sung?
Q .3 How does Mandela describe the systems of government in his country (i) in the first decade, and (ii) in the final decade, of the twentieth century?