Power Sharing Part 1

What percentage of Srilankan Population is Tamil Speaking?

• 50%
• 20%
• 18%
• 16%

In Sri lanka, there are about…..  percent Christians, who are both Tamil and Sinhala?

• 10
• 15
• 7
• 12

What is the percentage of German-speaking people in Belgium?

• 59

• 40

• 60

• 10

In which one of the following year Sri Lanka emerged as an independent country?

• 1947

• 1948

• 1949

• 1950

In ……….an Act was passed to recognise Sinhalese as the only official language, thus disregarding Tamil. The governments followed preferential policies that favoured Sinhalese applicants for university positions and government jobs?

• 1956

• 1957

• 1958

• 1959

When did the Civil War of Sri Lanka end?

• 2010
• 2009
• 2005
• 2011

The ‘community government’ is elected by people belonging to one language community – Dutch, French and German-speaking. What powers does it hold?

•  Cultural, educational and language-related issues.
• Political issues
• Defence related issues
• All of the above

In the capital city Brussels, 80 percent people speak………?

•  French
• Dutch
• German
• English

Power can be shared in modern democracies in the following ways:

• Among different organs of the government
• Among various levels
• Among different social groups
• All the above

Brussels is the capital of

• Belgium
• the Netherland
• Sri Lanka
• West Indies