CLASS 10
NELSON MANDELA LONG WALK TO FREEDOM
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Fewer than 20 police officers were present in the station at the start of the protest. Later the crowd grew to about 20, 000, and the mood was described as “ugly", prompting about 130 police reinforcements, supported by four Saracen armoured personnel carriers, to be rushed in.
Detailed explanation-2: -A state of emergency was declared in South Africa, more than 11, 000 people were detained, and the PAC and ANC were outlawed. Reports of the incident helped focus international criticism on South Africa’s apartheid policy.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the Black township of Sharpeville, near Johannesburg, South Africa, Afrikaner police open fire on a group of unarmed Black South African demonstrators, killing 69 people and wounding 180 in a hail of submachine-gun fire.