I HAVE A DREAM
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister , orator and civil right activist . who became the most visible spokesman and leader in the civil rights movements and Montgomery bus boycott. He was the youngest man who received Novel prize in 1964 (peace) .
He is called American Gandhi .
He delivered his speech in 28th aug 1963 on the steps of Lincoln memorial (Washington DC) .
Born: 15 January 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Assassinated: 4 April 1968, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Father:- Martin Luther King Sr.,
Mother:- Alberta Williams King
Wife:- Coretta scott king
Works:-Strength to love (1953)
stride towards freedom: the Montgomery story (1958)
Why we can't wait (1964)
Where do we go from here : choas and community? (1968)
WORD POWER
Momentous - महत्वपूर्ण
Decree- हुक्मनामा
Seard- जला हुआ
Manacles - हथकड़ी
Segregation- अलगाव
Discrimination- भेदभाव
Languishing- सुस्त
Exile - बनवास
Appalling- भय उत्पन्न करने बाला
Hallowed- पवित्र करना
Sweltering- तपती
Inextricably- विकट
Tribulations- क्लेश
Ghetto- यहूदी बस्ती
Battered- चकनाचूर
Persecution - उत्पीड़न
Staggered- गिरना
Redemptive- छुटकारे
Wallow- कीचड़ में खींचना
Oasis- नखलिस्तान
Prodigious- विलक्षण
Hamlet- छोटी सी गाँव
lesson- 04 I HAVE A DREAM } objectives
1. The slum area densely populated by an isolated community is
marked by-
(A) safe place (B) fallen
(C) ghetto (D) oasis
Ans- C
2. King is regarded as one of the greatest –
(A) artists (B) scientists
(C) separatists (D)orators
Ans- D
3. The author advocates-
(A) non-violent struggle (B) violent struggle
(C) both the ways (D) None of these
Ans- A
4. Martin Luther King Jr. was born in-
(A) 1939 (B) 1929
(C) 1919 (D) 1969
Ans- B
5. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on-
(A) 4 March 1968 (B) April
(C) May (D) December 4
Ans- A
6.King was assassinated in–
(A) 1968 (B) 1954
(C) 1942 (D) 1978
Ans- A
7. I Have a Dream’ is a speech delivered by King on –
(A) August 28, 1963 (B) June 28, 1965
(C) May 28, 1953 (D) April 28, 1973
Ans- A
8. America gave the Negro people –
(A) a good cheque (B) a bad cheque
(C) a torn cheque (D) None of these
Ans- B
9. By the signing of the emancipation proclamation the hopes
of the Negro population-
(A) fulfilled (B) half fulfilled
(C) remained unfulfilled (D) None of these
Ans- C
10. To overlook the Negro would be –
(A) good (B) beneficial
(C) fatal (D) None of these
Ans- C
11. The Negroes made the pledge that they will always-
(A) march ahead (B) march back
(C) march slowly (D) None of these
Ans- A
12. How many times King repeats that ‘we cannot be satisfied’
–
(A) two times (B) three times
(C) five times (D) six times
Ans-
13. The word ‘momentous’ stands for –
(A) foolishness (B) aggressive
(C) very important (D) unimportant
Ans- C
14. They had dream that one day they would –
(A) divide the nation (B) kill the white people
(C) get their rights (D) None of these
Ans- C
15. Racial discrimination is against –
(A) capitalism (B) power
(C) secularism (D) human rights
Ans- D
16. ‘I Have a Dream’ is written by –
(A) Germaine Greer (B) Shiga Naoya
(C) Martin Luther King, Jr. (D) H.E. Bates
Ans- C
17. Martin Luther King, Jr. has written the lesson –
(A) The Artist (B) I Have a Dream
(C) A Pinch of Snuff (D) Bharat Is My Home
Ans- B
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