CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

NELSON MANDELA LONG WALK TO FREEDOM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In which year Mandela and De Klerk received the Nobel Prize for Peace?
A
1962
B
1990
C
1994
D
1993
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 1993 to Nelson R. Mandela and Frederik Willem de Klerk for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa.

Detailed explanation-2: -From Apartheid to Majority Rule Following the release, the two politicians worked together to bring an end to the policy of racial segregation. It was for his participation in this peace process that de Klerk was awarded the Peace Prize in 1993.

Detailed explanation-3: -As the motivation for the award implies, Toni Morrison is a literary artist of the first rank. She delves into the language itself, a language she wants to liberate from the fetters of race.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: Mandela’s acceptance speech was to advocate for destroying the apartheid in South Africa. Mandela was speaking from first-hand experience, having had grown up in South Africa, he witnessed the segregation and was forced to endure it.

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