Under the apartheid law in South Africa, which of the following was t…

The correct answer is Option (3) → Every individual was classified by race and mixed marriages were prohibited.

Option (1) Every individual was classified by race, but Blacks kept South African citizenship. — Incorrect. People were classified by race, but the law denied the Black majority South African citizenship. Blacks did not keep it.

Option (2) Every individual was classified by occupation and mixed marriages were prohibited. — Incorrect. Mixed marriages were banned, but apartheid sorted every person by race. Sorting people by occupation is how the caste system worked in India in the past.

Option (3) Every individual was classified by race and mixed marriages were prohibited. — Correct. Apartheid was the policy of separation of the races, made law in 1948. Under it every individual was classified by race and mixed marriages were prohibited.

Option (4) Every individual was classified by race, but Blacks could own land outside the homelands. — Incorrect. The law denied Blacks ownership of land. Millions were forced into homelands that made up only 14 per cent of the country's land.