Power Sharing - Sri Lanka

How many years after India’s independence did Sri Lanka emerge as an independent country ?

• 2 years ( 1956)

• 1 year ( 1951)

• 2 years ( 1950)

• 1 year ( 1948)

After independence, Sri Lanka witnessed the supremacy of which community?

• Tamil

• Elem

• Christian

• Sinhala

What is meant by majoritarianism?

• Method of the dominance of minority community over majority community.

• A

  belief that the majority

  community should be

  able to rule a country in whichever way it wants

• It is disregarding the

  wishes and needs of the

  minority.

• It favour minority community to become majority.

Tamil political organizations were formed in Sri Lanka demanding an independent state in northern and eastern parts of Sri Lanka.

• Tamil Elem

• Tamil Sangam

• Tamil Azadi

• Tamil Kootam

How did the Sinhala community seek to secure dominance over government and why? What were its effects?