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3.Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given and complete the sentence:

i.My country is rich in the minerals and gems that lie beneath its...................

             a) soil       b)  wealth         c)  people

Ans: Soil.

ii.Our country's greatest wealth is its people, finer and truer than the purest................

            a) gold     b) diamonds    c) silver

Ans: Diamonds.

iii.Mandela learned that courage was not the absence of.............,but the triumph over it.

                              a) fear  b) hate    c) love

Ans: fear.

iv.The .............is not he who does not feel afraid,but he who conquers that fear.

                   a) brave man   b) real man     c) idle man

Ans: brave man

v. No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin,or his background, or............

                          a) his soul    b) his religion      c) his dignity

Ans: his religion.

vi.People must learn to hate,and if they can learn to hate,they can be taught to love,for love comes more naturally to the................

                               a) human heart b) animal heart c) bird heart

Ans:human heart.

vii.................is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished.

                     a) man's badness b) man's goodness c) man's willingness

Ans: man's goodness.

viii. In life ,every man has ................ obligations

              a) one     b) twin       c) three

Ans: twin

ix.In life, every man has an obligations to his family, to his parents, to his wife and.................

               a) children       b) men       c) humans

Ans:children

x.In South Africa,a man who tried to fulfil his duty to his people was inevitably ripped from..........

             a) his family and his home b) his friend and his mother c) his brother and his father

Ans:his family and his home

xi.In life, every man has an obligations to his people,his community and....................

                a) his country b) his city c) his nation

Ans: his country

xii.In South Africa, a man of colour who attempted to live as a human being was punished and......

              a) isolated   b) accissible  c) company

Ans: isolated

xiii.I was not born with a hunger  to be.................

             a) hurt b) fire c) free

Ans: free

xiv.It was only when I began to learn that my boyhood freedom was an................

                a) illusion   b) delusion c)  example

Ans: illusion

xv.The oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of their...........

                    a) humanity b)  country c) community

Ans: humanity

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2.State Whether the following are true or false.

i.Mandela had to spend thirty yeras in prison.

Ans: True.

ii.Democratic elections were held in South Africa in 1994.

Ans: True

iii.Mandela became the first black President of a new nation.

Ans: True.

iv.Tenth May dawned bright and dark.

Ans: False.

v.On that lovely autumn day I was accompanied by my daughter Zenani.

Ans:True.

vi.Mr De Klerk was first sworn in as second Deputy President.

Ans: True

vii.Thabo Mbeki was sworn in as first Deputy President.

Ans:True.

viii.The Whites singing "Nkosi Sikelel- iAfrika " national anthem and the Blacks singing ''Die Stem" national anthem.

Ans: True.

ix.On the day of the inauguration,I was overwhelmed with a sense of history.

Ans:True.

x.The policy of aparthied created a deep and lasting wound in my country and my people.

Ans:True.

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1.Choose the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence from among the alternatives   given in brackets:

i. I had been pleasantly besieged by dignitaries and world leaders.

                        (to be surrounded closely by/ to be arise closely by/ to be do closely by)

 Ans: to be surrounded closely by.

ii.The ceremonies took place in the lovely sandstone amphitheatre formed by the Union Buildings in Pretoria.

                       ( a building without roof / a building with roof / a building)

 Ans: a building without roof / with many rows of seats rising in steps (typical of ancient Greece and Rome).

iii.Today,all of us do, by our presence……confer glory and hope to newborn liberty.

                  ( give / take / away)

Ans: give / here

iv.We have, at last, achieved our political emancipation.

                ( freedom from restriction /  restriction / freedom)

 Ans: freedom from restriction.

v.We pledge ourselves to liberate all our people from the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender and other discrimination.

                (state of not having one’s rightful benefits / state of having one’s rightful/ benefits)

Ans: state of not having one’s rightful benefits.

vi.We pledge ourselves to liberate all our people from the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender and other discrimination.

                 (being treated differently or unfavourably/being treated favourably/ friendly )

Ans: being treated differently or unfavourably.

vii.A few moments later we all lifted our eyes in awe as a  spectacular array of South African jets,helicopters and troop carriers roared in perfect formation over the Union Buildings.

               ( an impressive display/ not impressive display/ not display )

Ans: an impressive display ( colourful and attractive)

viii.I was not unmindful of the fact that not so many years before they would not have saluted but arrested me.

                (conscious of/unconscious of /  hurt of)

Ans: conscious of / aware of

ix. A chevron of Impala jets left a smoke trail of the black,red,green,blue ang gold of the new South Africa Flag.

                   ( a pattern in the shape of a V / not shape of a V / red  colour)

Ans: a pattern in the shape of a V.

x. They were not able to see what their sacrifices had wrought.

                    (achieved/ not achieved/ undone)

Ans: achieved /done.

xi. All of us will spend many years,if not generations,recovering from  that profound hurt.

                    (deep and strong/  deep and weak/very weak)

Ans: deep and strong.

xii.Each man is able to fulfil those obligations according to his own inclinations and abilities.

                    ( natural tendencies of behaviour/ inhuman behaviour / unwillingness)

Ans: natural tendencies of behaviour.

xiii.A man who tried to fulfil his duty to his people was inevitably ripped from his family and his home.

                  ( unavoidably/ avoidably / forcefully)

Ans: unavoidably.

xiv.I wanted freedom only for myself,the transitory freedoms of being able to stay out at night.

                    ( not permanent / permanent / established)

Ans: not permanent

xv.I saw that it was not just my freedom that was curtailed.

                    ( reduced / increase/ lost)

Ans: reduced

xvi.He is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow mindedness.

           ( a strong dislike without any good reason/  very good decision/  kindness)

Ans: a stong dislike without any  good reason.

Class-x ,Sllybus wise Contents-2021

 

ENGLISH-  2021

Class –x

 

 

CONTENTS

Prose

1.A Letter to God

2. Nelson Mandela : Long Walk to Freedom

3. Tea from Assam ( Gilmpses of India)

 

 Poetry

1.A Tiger in the Zoo

2. The Tale of Custard the Dragon