Who was not born with a hunger to be free?

* Who was not born with a hunger to be free?

(i) Nelson Mandela
(ii) The African Police
(iii) The African officials
(iv) None of these
Answer: (i) Nelson Mandela

* What did Mandela do in his childhood?
(i) Only ran in the field
(ii) Only swam in the clear stream
(iii) Only roasted mealies in the fields
(iv) All of these
Answer: (iv) All of these

* Mandela was born in every way that he could know.
(i) handicapped
(ii) free
(iii) both (i) and (ii)
(iv) none of these
Answer: (ii) free

* Till what time did Mandela not feel troubled by the laws of man or God?
(i) As long as he obeyed his father and abided by the customs of his tribe.
(ii) As long as he did not obey his father.
(iii) As long as he obeyed his mother.
(iv) As long as he obeyed his relatives.
Answer: (i) As long as he obeyed his father and abided by the customs of his tribe.

* Find out a word from the passage similar in meaning to ‘starvation’.
(i) thirst
(ii) hunger
(iii) freedom
(iv) slavery
Answer: (ii) hunger

* What type of freedom did Mandela want for himself when he was a student?
(i) Permanent freedom
(ii) Transitory freedom
(iii) No freedom at all
(iv) All of these
Answer: (i) Permanent freedom

* What type of freedom did Mandela want for himself when he was a young man?

/> (i) Basic and honourable freedom
(ii) Transitory freedom
(iii) Freedom of all types
(iv) None of these
Answer: (iv) None of these

* Mandela’s boyhood freedom was a/an …………
(i) honour
(ii) illusion
(iii) dishonour
(iv) none of these
Answer: (ii) illusion

* From which lesson has this extract been taken?
(i) A Letter to God
(ii) First Flight
(iii) Nelson Mandela : A Long walk to Freedom
(iv) The Glimpses of India
Answer: (i) A Letter to God

* Find out a word from the passage opposite in meaning to ‘bondage’.
(i) slavery
(ii) illusion
(iii) freedom
(iv) dejection
Answer: (ii) illusion