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Which place was known as the South African penal colony for political prisoners?

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  1. Robben Island

  2. Table Bay

  3. Seal Island

  4. Capetown

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  • Robben Island was known as the South African penal colony for political prisoners.
  • Nelson Mandela served an imprisonment term on Robben Island for his support to the violent overthrow of the government.

Who was the last white president of South Africa?

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  1. Jan de Klerk

  2. Jacob Zuma

  3. Frederik Willem de Klerk

  4. Nelson Mandela

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • F.W. de Klerk was the last white president of South Africa.
  • Nelson Mandela helped him negotiate an end to apartheid and organise free elections.
Both the Locarno Agreement and the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928 ______.
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  1. renounced aggressive wars
  2. repudiated Germany's war debts 
  3. set limits on naval tonnage

  4. supported religious freedom

  5. denounced the spread of fascism

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Both the Locarno Agreement and the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928 renounced aggressive wars.

The Labour Party which controlled the English government after World War II introduced a ________.

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  1. Marxist state

  2. Welfare state

  3. Communist state

  4. Maoist state

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Labour Party introduced the welfare state after World War II. Clement Attlee, the Labour Prime Minister who succeeded Winston Churchill in 1945, transformed Britain into a welfare state. The Labour Party introduced social programs that provided public housing and established old-age pensions, unemployment insurance, and the creation of a National Health Service, or free medical care. The Conservatives, under Margaret Thatcher in 1979, began to roll back the welfare state. England has had a parliamentary-type democracy since 1689. It has never followed a communist or corporate form of government. The Labour Party nationalized the Bank of England but did not introduce communism to England.