Oral Comprehension
check : (page no 19)
1. Where
did the ceremonies take place ? Can
you name any public buildings in
India that are made of sandstone ?
Ans -
The ceremonies took place in the
lovely sandstone amphitheatre formed by
the Union Buildings in Pretoria .
Yes , there are many public buildings
in India that are made of sandstone
:
(a) The
Red Fort
(b) The
Rong Ghar
(c) The
Dewani Aam
(d) The
Dewani Khas
2. Can
you say how 10 May
is an ‘autumn day ‘ in South Africa ?
Ans- South
Africa situated in the Southern
hemisphere . So May in South Africa
is autumn month , and 10th May is an ‘
autumn day ’.
3. At
the beginning of his speech ,
Mandela mentions “ an extraordinary human
disaster ” . What does he mean
by this ? What is the “glorious
… human achievement ” he speaks of at
the end ?
Ans- By ‘ an
extraordinary human disaster ’ Mandela
tells about the white man’s rule in
South Africa and the apartheid system
introduced to discriminate and dominate
the coloured people of the same
country .
The glorious achievement was the winning
of freedom for all the people of
South Africa irrespective of skin- colour .
4. What
does Mandela thank the international
leaders for ?
Ans- Mandela thanked the
international leaders for their participation
in the ceremony . He thanked them
for having come to take possession
with the people of South Africa the
victory for justice for peace and for
human dignity .
5. What
ideals does he set out for the
future of South Africa ?
Ans- Mandela sets out
the ideal of permanent liberty for
all for the future of South Africa
. He assures that South Africa will
never again experience the oppression of
one by another .
Oral comprehension check :
(21 )
1. What
do the military generals do ? How
has their attitude changed , and why
?
Ans- The military
generals saluted Mandela . Not long before
they would have arrested him .
They changed
their attitude and showed their loyality
to new regime . They did so because
of the changed political system ushered
in by Freedom of south Africa .
2. Why
were two national anthems sung ?
Ans- There were the
whites and blacks among the population
of South Africa . The whites sang
their national anthem and so did the
blacks sang theirs .
3. How
does Mandela describe the systems of
government in his country
(i) in the first decade , and (ii) in
the final decade , of the twentieth
century ?
Ans- (i) In the
first decade of the twentieth century
the white –skinned people of South Africa
patched up their differences and erected
a system of racial domination against the
dark - skinned people of their own
country .
(ii) In the finale decade of
the twentieth century the earlier system
has been overturned for ever . It is
replaced by a system that recognised
the rights and freedom of all peoples
regardless of the colour of their
skins .
4. What
does courage mean to Mandela ?
Ans- To Mandela courage
means not the absence of fear ,
but the triumph over it .
5. Which
does he think is natural , to
love or to hate ?
Ans- He thinks love
as a natural to man .
Oral comprehension check
: (page no -24 )
1. What
“ twin obligations ” does Mandela
mention ?
Ans- According to
Mandela there are two obligations :
One’s obligations to his family , to his
parents , to his wife and children
and one’s obligations to his people ,
his community and his country .
2. What
did being free mean to Mandela as
a boy , and as a student ? How
does he contrast these “ transitory
freedoms ” with “ the basic and honourable
freedoms ” ?
Ans- As a boy
Mandela thought that he was born
free. He though that he was free
in every way he could know. He
was free to run in the field near
his mother’s hut , free to swim
in the stream flowing through the
village , free to roast maize under
the open sky and free to ride on
the broad back of the slow
moving bull.
Again as a
student he wanted to have freedom to
stay out at night , to read
what he pleased and to go where
he chose .
Later Mandela
discovered that his boyhood
freedom was an illusion and freedom
during his student life was transitory
. He wanted the freedom not to
be obstructed in a lawful life .
He wanted freedom which was basic
and honourable . He wanted
freedom for achieving his potential , of
earning his keep of marrying and
having a family . In fact he
wanted freedom for all for living a
lawful life unobstructed by and body .
3. Does
Mandela think the oppressor is free ?
Why / why not ?
Ans - No . Mandela
does not think the oppressor free
. So he says that both the
oppressed and the oppressor are to be
liberated . According to him a
man who takes away another’s freedom
is a prisoner of hatred . he
had sold his freedom to hatred and
prejudice and narrow-mindedness . The
oppressed and the oppressor alike are
robbed of their humanity . The
oppressor do not have a broad mind
to treat fellow human beings as
equals . The oppressed are not
allowed to raise their heads .
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