The Choose correct option:

The Choose correct option:

* Where did the ceremonies take place?
(i) The Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town
(ii) Robben Island, Cape Town
(iii) Union Buildings, Pretoria
(iv) None of these
Answer: (iii) Union Buildings, Pretoria

* How did Pretoria look like at the time of installation of South Africa’s first democratic government?
(i) It looked like a rainbow gathering of different colours and nations.
(ii) It was not very beautiful.
(iii) Both (i) and (ii)
(iv) None of these
Answer: (i) It looked like a rainbow gathering of different colours and nations.

* A non – racial government was installed in South Africa on .
(i) 8th of May
(ii) 9th of May
(iii) 10th of May
(iv) 12th of June
Answer: (iii) 10th of May

* What happened in the inauguration ceremony?
(i) The national leaders gathered on the African soil.
(ii) The international leaders gathered on the African soil.
(iii) No body turned up on the occasion.
(iv) Only a few police officials were present on the occasion.
Answer: (ii) The international leaders gathered on the African soil.

* Find out a word from the passage similar in meaning to ‘surrounded.’
(i) unenclosed
(ii) unfenced
(iii) freed
(iv) besieged
Answer: (iv) besieged

* Who pledged to devote himself to the well-being of the republic and its people?
(i) Nelson Mandela
(ii) F.W. de Klerk
(iii) Zenani
(iv) None of these
Answer:

(i) Nelson Mandela

* What did Mandela pledge for?
(i) Not to do anything
(ii) To disobey the constitution
(iii) To obey and uphold the constitution
(iv) All of these
Answer: (iii) To obey and uphold the constitution

* On that day, Mandela was accompanied by his.
(i) daughter
(ii) wife
(iii) brother
(iv) mother
Answer: (i) daughter

* Mandela devoted himself to the well – being of the
(i) family and friends only
(ii) republic and its people
(iii) villages and its people only
(iv) none of these
Answer: (ii) republic and its people

* Find out a word from the passage similar in meaning to ‘taken oath.’
(i) obey
(ii) sworn in
(iii) gathering
(iv) uphold
Answer: (ii) sworn in