CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

NELSON MANDELA LONG WALK TO FREEDOM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is Mandela referring to as “resilience that defies the imagination”?
A
A sign of human feeling (goodness, kindness, pity, justice, etc.)
B
A calming feeling of relief from hardships.
C
A great ability to remain unchanged by suffering.
D
A state of being deeply affected by something.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -(iv) Resilience that defies the imagination. – A great ability (almost unimaginable) to remain. unchanged by suffering (not losing hope, goodness or courage)

Detailed explanation-2: -An important part of Mandela’s speech in A Long Walk to Freedom Class 10 extract, Mandela stated that a man has 2 obligations in his life; one towards his family and the other towards his motherland, countrymen and community and as per their own interests and inclinations, man is able to fulfil these obligations.

Detailed explanation-3: -Rainbow Gatherings are temporary, loosely knit communities of people, who congregate in remote forests around the world for one or more weeks at a time with the stated intention of living a shared ideology of peace, harmony, freedom, and respect.

Detailed explanation-4: -I was not unmindful of the fact that not so many years before they would not have saluted but arrested me.

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