Q. Consider the following statements about apartheid.

1. Apartheid was the name of a system of racial discrimination unique to South Africa.
2. The apartheid system was particularly oppressive for the blacks.
3. The blacks were allowed to work in white colonies.

Which of the above is / are correct?
Answer: Only 1 and 2
Notes: Apartheid was the name of a system of racial discrimination unique to South Africa. The white Europeans imposed this system on South Africa. During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the trading companies from Europe occupied it with arms and force, a large number of 'whites' had settled in South Africa and became the local rulers. The system of apartheid divided the people and labelled them on the basis of their skin colour. The native people of South Africa are black in colour. They made up about three-fourth of the population and were called 'blacks'. Besides these two groups, there were people of mixed races who were called 'coloured' and people who migrated from India. The white rulers treated all non whites as inferiors. The non-whites did not have voting rights. The apartheid system was particularly oppressive for the blacks. They were forbidden from living in white colonies. They could work in white colonies only if they had a permit.