| Read the given passage and answer the following questions. |
| The apartheid system was particularly oppressive for the blacks. They were forbidden from living in white areas. They could work in white areas only if they had a permit. Trains, buses, taxis, hotels, hospitals, schools and colleges, libraries, cinema halls, theatres, beaches swimming pools, public toilets, were all separate for the whites and blacks. This was called segregation. They could not even visit the churches where the whites worshipped. Blacks could not form associations or protest against the terrible treatment. Since 1950, the blacks, coloured and Indians fought against the apartheid system. They launched protest marches and strikes. The African National Congress (ANC) was the umbrella organisation that let the struggle against the policies of segregation. This included many workers unions and the Communist Party. Many sensitive whites also joined the ANC to oppose apartheid and played a leading role in this struggle. Several countries denounced apartheid as unjust and racist. But the white racist government continued to rule by detaining, torturing and killing thousands of black and coloured people. |
| Apartheid was a system related to |
A) Gender discrimination
B) Linguistic discrimination
C) Caste discrimination
D) Racial discrimination
Correct Answer: D
Solution :
[d] Apartheid is the official policy of racial separation and ill-treatment of blacks followed by the government of South Africa between 1948 and 1989.
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