Question

What is the full form of ANC?
A. African National Congress
B. All National Congress
C. African National Committee
D. African Native Committee

Answer 1

Hint: ANC was founded in 1912 as a South African political party, whose main goal was the maintenance of voting rights of the Black Africans and persons of mixed race in Cape Province.

Complete Step by Step Answer: The full form of ANC is the African National Congress, which is a Black nationalist organization and a South African political party. It was founded as the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) in Bloemfontein on 8th January 1912. The main goal of this party was the maintenance of voting rights of the Black Africans and Coloureds, that is, persons of mixed race in Cape Province. In 1923 the organisation was renamed as the African National Congress.

The ANC was banned by the white South African government from 1960 to 1990 and during these three decades, the organisation operated underground away from the South African territory. It was lifted in 1990 and in 1994 the President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela was elected to head the first multiethnic government of South Africa.

So, option A is correct.

Note: The Constitution of the African National Congress was amended and adopted in 2017 at the 54th National Conference, Nasrec, Johannesburg. It comprises a Preamble and 32 Rules, in which the motto, character, nature and ideology of the party is explained.