Question

Read the Extract given below carefully and answer any three of the questions that follow:
a) What was the significance of tenth may?
b) How was the ceremony site looking like?
c) Which word in the passage means the same as "Placement of person in office with ceremony"?
d) Where did the ceremonies take place?



Tenth May dawned bright and clear. For the past few days, I had been pleasantly besieged by dignitaries and world leaders who were coming to pay their respects

before the inauguration. The inauguration would be the largest gathering ever of international leaders on South African soil. The ceremonies took place in the lovely sandstone amphitheatre formed by the Union Buildings in Pretoria. For decades this had been the seat of white supremacy, and now it was the site of a rainbow gathering of different colours and nations for the installation of South Africa's first democratic,

non-racial government.​

Answer 1

Answer:

(A) The tenth of May was the day for the installation of South Africas first democratic, non-racial government.

(b) The ceremonies refer to the inauguration ceremony of the first democratic, non-racial government in South Africa.

(c) Installation means the placement of a person in office with ceremony.

(d) Sandstone amphitheat