Power Sharing

Which of the following statements about Power Sharing is false?

• Power sharing helps in reducing the conflicts between social groups.

• Power sharing helps in reducing the conflicts between social groups.

• Power sharing is not the spirit of democracy.

• All the above are false.

__________ means a social division based on shared culture.

• Ethnic

• Democracy

• Secularism

• None of the above

A belief that the majority community should be able to rule a country in whichever way it wants, by disregarding the wishes and needs of the minority is:

• Power Sharing

• Central Government

• Majoritarianism

• Community Government

Which one of the following countries does not share its boundary with Belgium?

• France

• Netherlands

• Sweden

• Luxembourg

Power struggle demanding separate Eelam was launched by:

• Sinhalese

• Buddhists

• Tamilians

• none of these

Power shared among governments at different levels is also called:

• vertical distribution

• horizontal distribution

• slant distribution

• none of the above

A war-like conflict between two opposite groups in a country is called

• Cold war

• Civil war

• Ethnic war

• World War

Belgium has worked on the principles of:

• majoritarianism

• accommodation

• both (a) and (b)

• no (a) and (b)

What is the percentage of Sinhala-speaking people in Sri Lanka?

• 74%

• 75%

• 18%

• 19%

.Intelligent sharing of power is done among

• Legislature and Central Government

• Executive and Judiciary

• Legislature and Executive

• Legislature, Executive and Judiciary