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Q.1. What unintended effect was produced by decades of oppression?

Ans. The decades of oppression made him a strong person. He set out the goal to liberate the
people of South Africa from continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering and
other discrimination. He decided to have freedom and justice for all.

Q.2. What pained Nelson Mandela in becoming the President of South Africa?
Ans. Nelson Mandela was sad for not being able to thank those African patriots who had
fought for independence and sacrificed their lives for it. This pained him that they were not
able to see what their sacrifices had brought.

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Q.3. When did Mandela's hunger for self turn into a hunger for freedom for all
his people?
Ans. Mandela gradually realized that freedom was curtailed for those people who looked
like he did, but not for the whites. Consequently, he joined the African National Congress,
and that was when his "hunger for freedom" became a "greater hunger:'

Q.4. Why is 10th May 1994 important for South Africa?

Ans. 10th May 1994 is important for South Africa because the first democratic non-racial
government elections were held on this day in the country. Nelson Mandela became the first
black president of the country.

Q.5. What ideals does Mandela set out for the future of South Africa in his speech?
Ans. The ideal Mandela set out for the future of South Africa in his speech was to
liberate the people of South Africa from continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation,
suffering, gender and other discriminations.

Q.6. What did Nelson Mandela pledge when he was sworn in as President?
Ans. Nelson Mandela pledged to uphold the Constitution of his country and devote
himself to liberating his people from the bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering,
gender and other discriminations. There would be freedom and justice for all.

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Q.7. What did Nelson Mandela remember on the day of the Inaugural Ceremony?
Ans. He remembered the history - the birth of Apartheid, its effect on his people and the
long fight for freedom. He remembered the freedom fighters that suffered and sacrificed for
freedom. He also remembered what freedom meant to him at different stages of life and his
hunger for freedom.

Q.8. Why was the 10th of May, 1994 a red-letter day in the history of South Africa?
Ans. 10th of May, 1994 was a red-letter day in the history of South Africa. It was the day
when the hated regime of apartheid came to an end. A new democratically elected non-racial
government under Nelson Mandela was to be sworn in. Many international leaders and
dignitaries came to pay their respect to the new government.

Q.9. Where did the ceremonies take place? What had it been for decades?
Ans. The ceremonies of the inauguration of the new government took place at the lovely
sandstone amphitheatre in the Union Buildings in Pretoria. The same place had remained
the seat of white supremacy for decades.

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Q.10. How was that site a rainbow gathering of different colours and nations?

Ans. The end of the apartheid regime was a common victory for peace, justice and human
dignity. Leaders and dignitaries of all nations irrespective of their colour, race and
religion had gathered there to celebrate that victory. So, the site presented a rainbow
gathering of different colours and nations.

Q.11. Who were the persons sworn in on the 10th of May? What did Mandela pledge
to obey?
Ans. Mr. de Klerk was first sworn in as the second Deputy President. Then Thabo Mbeki was
sworn in as first Deputy President. Then, in the end, Mr Nelson Mandela was sworn in as the
President of the Republic of South Africa. He pledged to obey and uphold the constitution
and devote himself to the well-being of the Republic and its people.

Q.12. What was born out of the experience of an extraordinary human disaster?
Why should humanity be proud of it?
Ans. The apartheid regime was an extraordinary human disaster for the blacks of South
Africa. The end of the apartheid laid down the foundation of a non-racial democratic
regime in South Africa. This government based on human equality and dignity would be an
ideal one of which all humanity will be proud.

Q.13. Who was given the rare privilege to be host to the nations of the world on
their soil?
Ans. Those who were outlaws not so long ago were given the rare privilege. They had the
privilege of hosting and welcoming nations of the world on their soul. The blacks were no
more outlaws now but enjoyed equality and human dignity.

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Q.14. After achieving political emancipation what does Mandela want to do in

South Africa?
Ans. South Africa and the blacks have achieved their political emancipation. Mandela
pledges to liberate his people from the bondage of poverty, want, suffering, gender and
other discriminations. South Africa will never experience the oppression of one another.
He wishes the reign of freedom will never die in South Africa.

Q.15. What did the display of jets and military salute symbolise?
Ans. There was a spectacular show of South African jets and troop carriers over the
Union Buildings. The highest generals of the military and police saluted President Mandela. It
was a clear demonstration of the military's loyalty to democracy, to a free and fairly
elected government.

Q.16. Why did the same generals salute Mandela who would have arrested him not
so many years ago?
Ans. In the apartheid regime, Nelson Mandela was a rebel and was in prison for many years.
After the end of the apartheid, he was the head of the non-racial democratically elected
government of South Africa. The same generals who would have put him in prison not so
long ago were obliged to salute the president of the new Republic of South Africa.

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Q.17. What did the playing of two national anthems symbolise?

Ans. On the historic day of the inauguration ceremony of the Republic of South Africa, two
national anthems were played. The whites sang 'Nkosi Sikelel-i-Africa' and the black sang
'Die Stem'. Neither group knew the lyrics of the anthem they once despised. They would
soon know the words by heart.

Q.18. Why was Mandela overwhelmed with a sense of history and what bad
thing happened in the first decade of the 10th century?
Ans. Mandela is overwhelmed with a sense of history and remembers when the hated
apartheid policy was introduced in South Africa. After the Boer War, the white people of
South Africa patched up their differences. They set up a system of racial domination against
the black people of their race.

Q.19. Why was the apartheid regime in South Africa one of the harshest and
most inhuman systems in the world?
Ans. The apartheid regime was based on the racial discrimination and exploitation of blacks

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in South Africa. The fundamental rights were only for the whites and the blacks were
deprived of these freedoms. Oppression, torture and exploitation of the blacks were
common features of the apartheid regime.

Q.20. Why does Nelson Mandela call himself simply the sum of those African
patriots who had gone before him?
Ans. Nelson Mandela gratefully acknowledges the sacrifices of thousands of his people who
fought against the apartheid regime. Their suffering and courage can never be cemented or
repaid. Mandela humbly believes that he was simply the sum of all those African patriots
who had gone before him.

Q.21. How did the policy of apartheid create a deep and lasting wound in South
African blacks?
Ans. No doubt, the policy of apartheid created a deep and lasting wound in South Africa and
the blacks. It would take many years to recover from that profound hurt. The racial
discrimination unleashed a reign of terror, oppression and brutality on the blacks of South
Africa.

Q.22. How did the policy of apartheid and deep oppression produce patriots
of extraordinary, courage, wisdom and generosity?
Ans. The policy of apartheid unleashed a reign of terror and oppression on the black people
but they could not break their resolution and determination. The deep oppression
produced patriots of extraordinary courage, wisdom and generosity. It produced thousands of
Tambos, Sisulus, Sadoos, Fischer's and Sobukwes of their time.

Q.23. What is the greatest wealth of a country according to Nelson Mandela?

Ans. South Africa is rich in minerals and gems. But minerals and gems are not the greatest

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wealth of a nation. Mandela thinks that the greatest and real wealth of a nation is its people.
They are finer and truer than the purest diamonds.

Q.24. How does Mandela define courage and from where did he learn the meaning
of courage?
Ans. Nelson Mandela learnt the meaning of courage from great patriots and comrades in the
struggle. They risked their lives and stood up to the attacks and tortures of the apartheid
regime. He learned that courage was not the absence of fear but the triumph over it. The
brave man is not he who doesn't feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

Q.25. How can people be taught to love? Which comes naturally to the human heart -
love or hate?
Ans. No one is born hating another person because of his colour or race. People are taught
to hate. And if they learn to hate, they can be taught to love. Love comes more naturally
to the human heart than hatred.

Q.26. What are the twin obligations every man has in life?
Ans. Mandela thinks that every man has twin obligations in life. The first is his obligation to
his family, to his parents, to his wife and children. The second duty is his duty to his people,
his community and his country. Each man has to fulfil these two obligations according to
his position and abilities.

Q.27. Why was it impossible for a man of Mandela's birth and colour to fulfil the
twin obligations?
Ans. In South Africa, no black could fulfil the twin obligations. If a black who tried to live as a
human being was punished and isolated. A person who tried to fulfil his duty to his people
was separated from his family and was forced to live in secrecy and rebellion.

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Q.28. Was Mandela born with a hunger to be free? What did freedom mean to him
in childhood?
Ans. Nelson Mandela was not born with a hunger to be free. In childhood, freedom has a
very limited concept. He felt that he was free to run in the fields, free to swim in the stream
near his village and ride the broad backs of slow-moving bulls. As long as he obeyed his
father and the customs of his life, he was a free man.

Q.29. What were the transitory freedoms that Nelson Mandela yearned for as a
young man? Why did he feel that his boyhood freedom was an illusion?
Ans. Nelson Mandela felt that his boyhood freedom was an illusion. His freedom had already
been taken from him. Then he began to hunger for it. At first, he wished for the transitory
freedom of staying out. Later on, he yearned for the basic needs of earning, marrying
and having a family.

Q.30. When and how did Mandela's hunger for his freedom become the greater
hunger for the freedom of his people?
Ans. Mandela realised that not only was he not free, but his people were not free. When he
joined the African National Congress, then his hunger for his freedom became a greater
hunger for the freedom of his people.

Q.31. What, according to Mandela, is 'true freedom'?

Ans. When Mandela was a boy, freedom for him meant running freely in the fields and
swimming in the streams. As a young man, he wanted basic and honourable freedoms, e.g.
to earn his living, too many and to have a family. According to Mandela, true freedom means
freedom not to be obstructed in leading a lawful life.

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Q.32. What animated Mandela's life and transformed a frightened young lawyer into
a bold criminal?
Ans. It was the desire for the freedom of his people to live their lives with dignity and
self respect that animated his life. It transformed a frightened young man into a bold
one. It drove a law-abiding attorney to be a criminal. It turned a family-loving husband to
live like a monk.

Q.33. Freedom is "indivisible", said Mandela. How were the chains on anyone were
the chains on all of his people?
Ans. Mandela thought that he is not more virtuous than the others. He thought that
"freedom is indivisible". The chains on any one of his people were chains on all of them.
The chains on all of his people were the chains on him.

Q.34. Why did Nelson Mandela feel that both the oppressor and the oppressed
are robbed of their humanity and hence, both of them must be liberated?
Ans. Nelson Mandela rightly believes that both the oppressor and the oppressed are robbed
of their humanity. A man who takes away another's freedom is a prisoner of hatred. He is
locked behind bars of prejudice and hate. A person can never be free if his freedom is taken
away. Hence, the oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanity.

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