Question

Which of the following is true about apartheid in British South Africa?
A. Black protesters were routinely jailed, murdered and tortured.
B. While landownership was denied to the blacks, mixed marriages were allowed.
C. Blacks earned only one-fourth of what the whites did.
D. Black people were relocated to poor districts called 'Bantustans' or homelands.

Choose the correct answer from the options below:

• A. A, B and D only
• B. A, B and C only
• C. A, C and D only
• D. B, C and D only

Hint:

Apartheid banned marriage between races. Find the option that leaves out the statement about allowed mixed marriages.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

Step 1: Plan:
We have to sort four statements into true and false, and then read off the matching option. The false one is likely to be a statement that sounds soft about apartheid, since the system was harsh.

Step 2: Fact base:
Apartheid meant legal segregation by race. Black South Africans had no land rights, low wages, forced removals and no freedom to marry across the colour line.

Step 3: Statement A:
Harsh police action against protesters, with jail, torture and killings, is well recorded. So A holds.

Step 4: Statement B:
This one mixes a real fact with a false one. Land was denied, but marriage between races was forbidden by law, not allowed. So B fails.

Step 5: Statement C:
Black earnings were about a quarter of white earnings, as the textbook says. So C holds.

Step 6: Statement D:
Forced shifting of black people into poor homelands called Bantustans is a key feature of the system. So D holds.

Step 7: Read the options:
We need A, C and D without B. Only option 3 gives this combination, while the other three options all carry B or drop A.

Final Answer:
Option 3 matches the true statements. \[\boxed{3}\]