Power Sharing

59 per cent of the country’s total population who speaks Dutch, lives in

• Wallonia regiion

• Brussels

• Flemish region

• None of these

Which of the following is an example of horizontal power sharing?

• Power shared between different states

• Power shared between different levels of the government

• Power shared between different organs of the government

• Power shared between different political parties

Who elects the community government in Belgium?

• Community leaders of Belgium

• Citizens of the whole country

• Political leader of the country

• People belonging to one language community only

The word ethnic means

• Social division of shared culture

• Different religious groups

• People who are loyal to a political party

• Conflict between different social groups

Why did the Sri Lankan Tamils launch parties and struggle?

• To recognise Sinhalese as the only official language

• To recognise Tamil as an official language

• To adopt Majoitarianism

• To dominate other religions

The system of "Checks and Balances" is....

• Vertical distribution of power

• When the government checks the powers of the citizens to bring a balance

• Put a check on the exercise of unlimited powers of the organs of government and bring a balance

• Equal sharing of power

Which of the following statements of power sharing is true?

• Power sharing is necessary only in countries that have religious and ethnic diversity

• Power sharing is possible only in countries that do not have religious and ethnic diversity

• Power sharing is not necessary

• Every society needs power sharing whether small or big

___________was chosen as the headquarters of the European Union

• Brussels

• Geneva

• The Hague

• Frankfurt

Belgium shares its boundary with

• France, Germany, Switzerland and Hungary

• France, Germany, Switzerland and Luxembourg

• France, Germany, Netherlands and Luxembourg

• France, Germany, Hungary and Netherlands

The percentage of Sinhala speakers in Sri Lanka was..

• 18

• 54

• 74

• 20