CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

NELSON MANDELA LONG WALK TO FREEDOM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
While Mandela was in prison, the government offered to give Mandela freedom if he renounced the violence. What was his decision?
A
He accepted it but turned against it once it was released.
B
He accepted it because he knew he could have more influence on the people once released.
C
He rejected the offer even though it meant staying in prison.
D
He rejected the offer because he knew he would actually be safer in prison.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -After spending 27 years in jail, the ban on ANC was lifted, and he was released in 1990. Q. When was Nelson Mandela released from prison?

Detailed explanation-2: -Even before his release in 1990, Mandela began negotiating with the government to end apartheid. Through those negotiations, he helped prevented a bloody civil war. Mandela went on to become the country’s first democratically elected president.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1956 on treason charges against the then Government. Later he was acquitted of those charges. On 12 June 1964, Nelson Mandela was charged with a life sentence because he tried to sabotage South Africa’s then Government. He was about the accused of the death sentence but was saved.

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