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c) How did Mandela win the support of the world?

i. By dint of magic

ii. By virtue of imprisonment

iii. With his personality and stature

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iv. With is honesty and simplicity

Answer: iii. With his personality and stature

d) ‘— it is an ideal I hope to live for and to achieve.’ What does it imply?

i. Mandela’s belief in attaining his ideal

ii. Mandela’s life is for ideology

iii. Mandela’s sacrifice for democracy

iv. All of the above answers

Answer: iv. All of the above answers

e) The word ‘advocate’ in the text stands for—

i. backer ii. supporter

iii. uphold iv. recommend

Answer: ii. supporter

B. Answer the following questions.

a) How do you differentiate the life Mandela from the life of other people?

b) For what ideal do you think Mandela was ready to die?

c) Why did his friends call him ‘Madiba’?

d) How do you explain a leader of mythic stature for millions of black South African and other oppressed people for behind his country’s borders?

e) ‘The white are superior to the black.’ Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Give reasons.

a) Mandela was different from other people. Very few people have struggled like him. Very few people can be compared with him due to his sacrifice.

b) I think that Mandela was ready to die to establish an oppression free democratic society. He wanted to establish such an ideal society where all people will live harmoniously and peacefully.

c) Mandela was fondly called ‘Madiba’. It was his clan name by which people used to call him so out of love.

d) I mean Mandela had a great fame all over the world. He was a legendary leader not only to the black people of South Africa but also to the oppressed people around the world.

e) I don’t agree with this statement. I think all are equal. So the white are not superior to the black.

Rearrange

1. Rearrange the following sentences to make a sequenced paragraph:

a. However he picked it up and carried it home.

b. He showed it to his wife.

c. The lands yielded him some crops.

d. One day he walks through the fields.

e. With that he supported his family.

f. He thought that it might have been dropped by a passer-by.

g. He had a few acres of land.

h. He was thinking how he could add to his income.

i. There lived a farmer in a village.

j. While walking he came across a purse of gold.

Answer : i + g + c + e + h + d + j + f + a + b.

2. Rearrange the following sentences to make a sequenced paragraph:

a. The doctor was a busy man.

b. At the appointed time he went to the doctor’s chamber and walked into the waiting room.

c. Kamal was determined to do well in the examination.

d. So he made an appointment to see him one afternoon.

e. A lot of chairs were arranged around the room.

f. He decided to consult his doctor.

g. It was a large room with windows on two sides.

h. So he began to work hard.

i. But his health was rather delicate.

j. It was causing him a lot of trouble.

Answer : c + h + i + j + f + a + d + b + g + e

3. Rearrange the following sentences to make a sequenced paragraph:

a. He studied Bar- at - Law in England and went to South Africa to practice it.

b. He suffered much for the cause of the country and went to jail many times.

c. Mahatma Gandhi is called the Father of the India Nation.

d. He was born in October 2. 1894 at Fajkot in Gujrat.

e. He saw the condition in the Indians there and felt sad.

f. He returned India and started a movement to make people aware that they could live in a free country.

g. Finally India got het freedom in 1947.

h. He fought for India’s freedom in a non- violent way without using any weapon.

i. Mahatma Gandhi was shot dead by Nathuram Gosde on January 30, 1948.

j. He was named Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.

Answer : c + d + j + a + e + f + b + h + g + i.

4. Rearrange the following sentences to make a sequenced paragraph :

a. The king asked the stronger how long he wanted to live.

b. He was very fond of knowing his future from the astrologer.

c. But another thought has crossed his mind before the stronger was removed for execution.

d. The astrologer told him something unpleasant.

e. He condemned him to death.

f. The king called on him. He took the astrologer to be liar.

g. At this the king got furious.

h. He wanted to know about his future from him.

i. A famous astrologer happened to stop at his capital.

j. Once there was king.

Answer : j + b + i + f + h + d + g + e + c + a.

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