Question

Zimbabwe gained independence from white minority rule in----.
A. 1990
B. 1970
C. 1980
D. 2000

Answer 1

Hint:- Zimbabwe was formerly known as Rhodesia. It declared independence from the United Kingdom in 1965, although got official independence later. Zimbabwe, a country mostly lies almost entirely over 1,000 feet (300 m) above sea level. The country has a population of about 14.2 million. Most spoken languages of Zimbabwe are English, Shona, and Ndebele.

Complete answer:
Zimbabwe gained independence from the White minority rule in 1980. So C is the right answer.
Since then Zimbabwe has been ruled by ZANU-PF, the party that led the freedom struggle against the white minority. The leader of the freedom struggle was Robert Mugabe, who has been ruling the country since independence. Finally, the country gained its independence as Zimbabwe in April 1980, under the ZANU-PF government of Robert Mugabe. After independence, the country's White citizens lost all their former privileges. And later, White people of the artisan, skilled workers, and supervisory groups started to face job competition from Black people.

Hence, option C is the right option.

Note: Indigenization of the public services caused many White people displaced which resulted, White emigration took pace, approximately two-thirds of the White community left Zimbabwe during 1980-90. Only 1/3 of the White farming class, White urban business owners, and members of the professional classes left. However, many White people stayed in the new Zimbabwe. This migration pattern meant that although small in absolute numbers, Zimbabwe's White people formed a high proportion of the upper strata of society.