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| 2451. |
Wangari Maathai became the first .............women to receive the NobelPeace Prize in 2004 for "her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace." |
| A. | african |
| B. | austria |
| C. | united states |
| D. | british |
| Answer» B. austria | |
| 2452. |
..............founded the Green Belt Movement in the 1970s seeking to promoteenvironmental conservation in Kenya and Africa. |
| A. | dr. |
| B. | r. ambedkar b) nelson mandela |
| C. | wangari maathai |
| D. | jody williams |
| Answer» D. jody williams | |
| 2453. |
Wangari Maathai was a …………environmental activist. |
| A. | kenyan |
| B. | american |
| C. | indian |
| D. | british |
| Answer» B. american | |
| 2454. |
In 1978 .............was the first black to hold the position of Dean of St.Mary's Cathedral in Johannesburg. |
| A. | wangari maathai |
| B. | nelson mandela |
| C. | desmond tutu |
| D. | dr. b.r. ambedkar |
| Answer» D. dr. b.r. ambedkar | |
| 2455. |
At the age of 12, .............moved with his family to Johannesburg. |
| A. | desmond tutu |
| B. | nelson mandela |
| C. | wangari maathai |
| D. | mahatma gandhi |
| Answer» B. nelson mandela | |
| 2456. |
................. was born October 7, 1931 in Klerksdorph, Transvaal. |
| A. | desmond tutu |
| B. | nelson mandela |
| C. | wangari maathai |
| D. | mahatma gandhi |
| Answer» B. nelson mandela | |
| 2457. |
…………….. was the first black South African Anglican Archbishop of CapeTown, South Africa, and primate of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa (now the Anglican Church of Southern Africa). |
| A. | desmond tutu |
| B. | nelson mandela |
| C. | wangari maathai |
| D. | mahatma gandhi |
| Answer» B. nelson mandela | |
| 2458. |
In 2009 Desmond Tutu received the Spiritual Leadership Award from the international Humanity's Team movement and the Presidential Medal ofFreedom from U.S. President ................ |
| A. | wangari maathai |
| B. | nelson mandela |
| C. | betty williams |
| D. | mahatma gandhi |
| Answer» B. nelson mandela | |
| 2459. |
In November 2008, ............... was awarded the J. William Fulbright Prizefor International Understanding. |
| A. | desmond tutu |
| B. | nelson mandela |
| C. | wangari maathai |
| D. | betty williams |
| Answer» B. nelson mandela | |
| 2460. |
In October 2008, Tutu received the Wallenberg Medal from the Universityof ............. in recognition of his life-long work in defense of human rights and dignity. |
| A. | michigan |
| B. | mississippi |
| C. | georgia |
| D. | alabama |
| Answer» B. mississippi | |
| 2461. |
In June 1999, ................was invited to give the annual Wilberforce Lecture in Kingston upon Hull, commemorating the life and achievements of theanti-slavery campaigner William Wilberforce. |
| A. | desmond tutu |
| B. | nelson mandela |
| C. | wangari maathai |
| D. | sarala devi |
| Answer» B. nelson mandela | |
| 2462. |
In 1998, ............. was appointed as the Robert R Woodruff VisitingProfessor at Emory University, Atlanta. |
| A. | wangari maathai |
| B. | nelson mandela |
| C. | sarala devi |
| D. | desmond tutu |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2463. |
In 2009 ............... joined the project "Soldiers of Peace", a movie against allwars and for a global peace. |
| A. | lord edwin montague |
| B. | desmond tutu |
| C. | nelson mandela |
| D. | lord chelmsford |
| Answer» C. nelson mandela | |
| 2464. |
In January 2003, ........ attacked British Prime Minister Tony Blair's stancein supporting American President George W. Bush over Iraq. |
| A. | desmond tutu |
| B. | nelson mandela |
| C. | wangari maathai |
| D. | harold j. laski |
| Answer» B. nelson mandela | |
| 2465. |
................was appointed as the UN Lead for an investigation into the Israelibombings in the Beit Hanoun November 2006 incident. |
| A. | desmond tutu |
| B. | abraham lincoln |
| C. | nelson mandela |
| D. | wangari maathai |
| Answer» B. abraham lincoln | |
| 2466. |
.............returned to South Africa in 1975 and was appointed Anglican Deanof St. Mary's Cathedral in Johannesburg -— the first black person to hold that position. |
| A. | samir amin |
| B. | abraham lincoln |
| C. | wangari maathai |
| D. | desmond tutu |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2467. |
On 2 July 1955, ........... married Nomalizo Leah Shenxane, a teacher whomhe had met while at college. |
| A. | desmond tutu |
| B. | abraham lincoln |
| C. | samir amin |
| D. | nelson mandela |
| Answer» B. abraham lincoln | |
| 2468. |
In 1972, ......... returned to the UK, where he was appointed vice-director ofthe Theological Education Fund of the World Council of Churches, at Bromley in Kent. |
| A. | desmond tutu |
| B. | abraham lincoln |
| C. | wangari maathai |
| D. | samir amin |
| Answer» B. abraham lincoln | |
| 2469. |
.............. received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, the Albert SchweitzerPrize for Humanitarianism in 1986, the Gandhi Peace Prize in 2005, and thePresidential Medal of Freedom in 2009. |
| A. | desmond tutu |
| B. | abraham lincoln |
| C. | m.g.ranade |
| D. | william t. sherman |
| Answer» B. abraham lincoln | |
| 2470. |
............. studied at the Pretoria Bantu Normal College from 1951 to 1953,and went on to teach at Johannesburg Bantu High School and at Munsienville High School in Mogale City. |
| A. | desmond tutu |
| B. | abraham lincoln |
| C. | william t. sherman |
| D. | mandela |
| Answer» B. abraham lincoln | |
| 2471. |
.................. was born in Klerksdorp, Transvaal, on 7 October 1931, thesecond of the three children of Zacheriah Zililo Tutu and his wife, Aletta, and the only son. |
| A. | desmond tutu |
| B. | abraham lincoln |
| C. | winfield scott |
| D. | b. j. vorster |
| Answer» B. abraham lincoln | |
| 2472. |
…………… was the first black South African Anglican Archbishop of CapeTown, South Africa, and primate of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa. |
| A. | desmond tutu |
| B. | abraham lincoln |
| C. | m.g.ranade |
| D. | winfield scott |
| Answer» B. abraham lincoln | |
| 2473. |
Rev. Dr.Desmond Mpilo Tutu is a ................ activist and Christian clericwho rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid. |
| A. | south african |
| B. | austrian |
| C. | united states' |
| D. | french |
| Answer» B. austrian | |
| 2474. |
Mandela became the first democratically elected president of ................ |
| A. | south africa |
| B. | austria |
| C. | united states |
| D. | britain |
| Answer» B. austria | |
| 2475. |
On February 10, .............., after a series of secret talks, F.W. de Klerk, thenewly appointed president granted Mandela his freedom. |
| A. | 1860 |
| B. | 1880 |
| C. | 1976 |
| D. | 1990 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2476. |
A few years later .................. was sentenced to life imprisonment onRobben Island for his actions against the government. |
| A. | nelson mandela |
| B. | desmond tutu |
| C. | abraham lincoln |
| D. | winfield scott |
| Answer» B. desmond tutu | |
| 2477. |
................ continued to study and practice the nonviolent resistance methods of Mahatma Gandhi until the ruling National Party began crushing all opposition. |
| A. | nelson mandela |
| B. | abraham lincoln |
| C. | robert e. lee |
| D. | ulysses s. grant |
| Answer» B. abraham lincoln | |
| 2478. |
Nelson Mandela was born July 18, 1918 in the royal lineage of the..............dynasty. |
| A. | thimbu |
| B. | ulanova |
| C. | romanov |
| D. | mughal |
| Answer» B. ulanova | |
| 2479. |
In.............., the United Nations declared July 18 “Nelson MandelaInternational Day” in recognition of the South African leader’s contributions to democracy, freedom, peace and human rights around the world. |
| A. | 2001 |
| B. | 2002 |
| C. | 2004 |
| D. | 2009 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2480. |
In 1996 ................. presided over the enactment of a new South Africanconstitution, which established a strong central government based on majority rule and prohibited discrimination against minorities, including whites. |
| A. | abraham lincoln |
| B. | thabo mbeki |
| C. | makgatho |
| D. | mandela |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2481. |
Improving race relations, discouraging blacks from retaliating against thewhite minority and building a new international image of a united South Africa were central to President ......... agenda. |
| A. | mandela’s |
| B. | oliver tambo’s |
| C. | abraham lincoln’s |
| D. | winfield scott’s |
| Answer» B. oliver tambo’s | |
| 2482. |
As president, ........... established the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigate human rights and political violations committed by bothsupporters and opponents of apartheid between 1960 and 1994. |
| A. | mandela |
| B. | abraham lincoln |
| C. | winfield scott |
| D. | thabo mbeki |
| Answer» B. abraham lincoln | |
| 2483. |
..................was sworn in as the first black president of South Africa, withde Klerk serving as his first deputy. |
| A. | mandela |
| B. | abraham lincoln |
| C. | robert e. lee |
| D. | ulysses s. grant |
| Answer» B. abraham lincoln | |
| 2484. |
On February 11, 1990, ................ ordered Mandela’s release. |
| A. | f. w. de klerk |
| B. | abraham lincoln |
| C. | winfield scott |
| D. | mandela |
| Answer» B. abraham lincoln | |
| 2485. |
In 1983, newly elected president ............. lifted the ban on the ANC andcalled for a nonracist South Africa, breaking with the conservatives in his party. |
| A. | robert e. lee |
| B. | abraham lincoln |
| C. | f. w. de klerk |
| D. | ulysses s. grant |
| Answer» D. ulysses s. grant | |
| 2486. |
In ............. Mandela was moved to Polls moor Prison on the mainland. |
| A. | 1962 |
| B. | 1972 |
| C. | 1982 |
| D. | 1992 |
| Answer» D. 1992 | |
| 2487. |
In 1980 ............ introduced a “Free Nelson Mandela” campaign that madethe jailed leader a household name and fuelled the growing international outcry against South Africa’s racist regime. |
| A. | oliver tambo |
| B. | f. w. de klerk |
| C. | abraham lincoln |
| D. | mrs. ambujammal |
| Answer» B. f. w. de klerk | |
| 2488. |
.............. drafted his autobiography, “Long Walk to Freedom,” |
| A. | nelson mandela |
| B. | f. w. de klerk |
| C. | abraham lincoln |
| D. | mrs. dadabhoy |
| Answer» B. f. w. de klerk | |
| 2489. |
While in confinement Mandela earned a bachelor of law degree from theUniversity of .............. and served as a mentor to his fellow prisoners, encouraging them to seek better treatment through nonviolent resistance. |
| A. | london |
| B. | new delhi |
| C. | amritsar |
| D. | allahabad |
| Answer» B. new delhi | |
| 2490. |
............... spent the first 18 of his 27 years in jail at the brutal RobbenIsland Prison, a former leper colony off the coast of Cape Town, where he was confined to a small cell without a bed or plumbing and compelled to do hard labour in a lime quarry. |
| A. | abraham lincoln |
| B. | f. w. de klerk |
| C. | nelson mandela |
| D. | karel vasak |
| Answer» D. karel vasak | |
| 2491. |
..............studied law at the University of Witwatersrand, where he becameinvolved in the movement against racial discrimination and forged key relationships with black and white activists. |
| A. | f. w. de klerk |
| B. | nelson mandela |
| C. | abraham lincoln |
| D. | karel vasak |
| Answer» C. abraham lincoln | |
| 2492. |
In 1940 .............and several other students, including his friend andfuture business partner Oliver Tambo were sent home for participating in a boycott against university policies. |
| A. | nelson mandela |
| B. | f. w. de klerk |
| C. | abraham lincoln |
| D. | paul gready |
| Answer» B. f. w. de klerk | |
| 2493. |
After learning that his guardian had arranged a marriage for him, .............fled to Johannesburg and worked first as a night watchman and then as a law clerk while completing his bachelor’s degree by correspondence. |
| A. | f. w. de klerk |
| B. | nelson mandela |
| C. | abraham lincoln |
| D. | paul gready |
| Answer» C. abraham lincoln | |
| 2494. |
In 1939 ...............entered the elite University of Fort Hare, the onlyWestern-style higher learning institute for South African blacks at the time. |
| A. | nelson mandela |
| B. | f. w. de klerk |
| C. | abraham lincoln |
| D. | paul gready |
| Answer» B. f. w. de klerk | |
| 2495. |
.................. went on to attend the Clarkebury Boarding Institute andHealdton, a Methodist secondary school, where he excelled in boxing and track as well as academics. |
| A. | f. w. de klerk |
| B. | nelson mandela |
| C. | martin luther king, jr |
| D. | olivia ball |
| Answer» C. martin luther king, jr | |
| 2496. |
...................mother, Nosekeni Fanny, was the third of Mphakanyiswa’s fourwives, who together bore him nine daughters and four sons. |
| A. | nelson mandela’s |
| B. | f. w. de klerk’s |
| C. | martin luther king, jr |
| D. | olivia ball’s |
| Answer» B. f. w. de klerk’s | |
| 2497. |
..................was born on July 18, 1918, into a royal family of the Xhosa- speaking Thimbu tribe in the South African village of Mvezo. |
| A. | nelson mandela |
| B. | f. w. de klerk |
| C. | martin luther king, jr |
| D. | olivia ball |
| Answer» B. f. w. de klerk | |
| 2498. |
………….. became the first black president of South Africa in 1994. |
| A. | f. w. de klerk |
| B. | nelson mandela |
| C. | martin luther king, jr |
| D. | edmund burke |
| Answer» C. martin luther king, jr | |
| 2499. |
A member of the African National Congress party beginning in the 1940s, ……………. was a leader of both peaceful protests and armed resistanceagainst the white minority’s oppressive regime in a racially divided South Africa. |
| A. | nelson mandela |
| B. | f. w. de klerk |
| C. | martin luther king, jr |
| D. | edmund burke |
| Answer» B. f. w. de klerk | |
| 2500. |
The South African activist and former president …………….helped bringan end to apartheid and has been a global advocate for human rights. |
| A. | f. w. de klerk |
| B. | nelson mandela |
| C. | martin luther king, jr |
| D. | edmund burke |
| Answer» C. martin luther king, jr | |