History Nelson Mandela MCQ Test 1

1. Which university conferred Mandela with an honorary doctorate in 1986?

2. In which country was Nelson Mandela born?

3. What is the name of Mandela's clan?

4. Which book did Mandela secretly write while imprisoned?

5. Which prison was famously known as 'Robben Island'?

6. Which international peacekeeping mission did South Africa participate in under Mandela's presidency?

7. Who was Mandela's successor as President of South Africa?

8. Where was Mandela inaugurated as South Africa's first black president?

9. What was Mandela's prison number on Robben Island?

10. Which year did Nelson Mandela become the first black president of South Africa?

11. What was the title of the document Mandela and others were accused of plotting to overthrow the government with?

12. Who preceded Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa?

13. Who was Mandela's second wife?

14. Which movement did Mandela join during his early days of activism?

15. Which prison was Mandela initially sentenced to life imprisonment?

16. Which apartheid law was Mandela arrested for challenging in 1956?

17. Which Nobel Prize did Mandela win?

18. When was Nelson Mandela born?

19. Who served as the Deputy President alongside Nelson Mandela during his presidency?

20. Which university did Mandela attend before being expelled for political activism?

21. What was the name of Mandela's second wife?

22. Which year was Nelson Mandela born?

23. Which country was Mandela visiting when he was arrested in 1962?

24. Which U.S. president awarded Mandela the Presidential Medal of Freedom?

25. Which nickname was Mandela commonly referred to?

26. Which political party did Mandela lead?

27. What was the name of the group Mandela co-founded to fight apartheid?

28. Which international campaign sought the release of Nelson Mandela during his imprisonment?

29. What was the name of the location in Soweto where Mandela lived in the 1940s?

30. Who was Mandela's successor as president?

31. In what year did Nelson Mandela become the President of the African National Congress (ANC)?

32. Which document, adopted in 1955, called for non-racialism and a united South Africa?

33. In which year did Mandela become South Africa's first black president?

34. Who awarded Mandela the Lenin Peace Prize?

35. Which university did Mandela attend?

36. In which year was Nelson Mandela released from prison after 27 years of incarceration?

37. Which South African town is Mandela's birthplace?

38. What was the name of Mandela's mother?

39. Which country provided Mandela with military training in the early 1960s?

40. What is the title of Mandela's autobiography?

41. What is the name of Mandela's famous autobiography?

42. Which political party did Nelson Mandela represent during his presidency?

43. In which year did Nelson Mandela receive the Nobel Peace Prize?

44. What was Mandela's prison number during his incarceration on Robben Island?

45. Which act did Mandela sign into law to establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission?

46. Which significant event marked the end of apartheid in South Africa?

47. Which prison was known as 'The Robben Island University'?

48. What is the name of Mandela's eldest daughter?

49. Which award did Mandela share with South African President F.W. de Klerk?

50. What was the code name used for Nelson Mandela by the apartheid government?