CBSE Class 10 English (Language & Literature) — Long Walk to Freedom — First Flight (Nelson Mandela)
All previous year questions from Chapter: Long Walk to Freedom — First Flight (Nelson Mandela)
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Read the given extracts and answer the questions for ANY ONE of the two given : (A) We have, at last, achieved our political emancipation. We pledge ourselves to liberate all our people from the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender and other discrimination. Never, never, and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another. The sun shall never set on so glorious a human achievement. (Nelson Mandela – Long Walk to Freedom)
5 marks· C· Extract-based reading — Long Walk to Freedom (Option A) - 26
What is the tone Nelson Mandela is UNLIKELY to have used in his speech ? (A) inspirational (B) assertive (C) conflicted (D) direct
1 mark· C· Tone identification — Long Walk to Freedom - 27
According to Mandela, emancipation is not merely political. Elaborate.
2 marks· C· Meaning of emancipation — Long Walk to Freedom - 28
Fill in the blank with the correct word from the bracket : Mandela's speech swings between references to the past and a ________ (bleak/promising) future.
1 mark· C· Vocabulary in context — Long Walk to Freedom - 29
With reference to the extract explain the sentence, "The sun shall never set on so glorious a human achievement."
1 mark· C· Interpretation of a key line — Long Walk to Freedom