power sharing

Belgium Shares borders with France, the Netherlands, Germany and ……?

 

• England

• Norway

• Luxembourg

• Italy

Brussels presented a special problem:What was it?

• Dutch-speaking people constituted a minority in the country, but a majority in the capital

• Dutch-speaking people constituted a majority in the country, but a minority in the capital

• Other foriehn languages were seeping in

• English was becoming dominant

Most of the Sinhalese Speaking people in Srilanka are…………?

• Buddhists

• Hindus

• Christians

• Muslims

Consider the following two statements on power sharing and select the answer using the codes given below:
1.Assersion (A): Power sharing is good for democracy.

2.Reason(R)  It helps to reduce the possibility of conflict between social groups

• Both A and R are incorrect

• A is correct but R is not the reason

• A is correct and R is the correct reason

• oth A and R are incorrect

  A is incorrect but R is the correc

Where  power is shared among different organs of government, such as the legislature, executive and judiciary, what is the functioning of this system called?

• Vertical system

• system of checks and balances

• System of shared duties

• System of limited power

A social division based on shared culture is called __________________

• Ethinic

• Apartheid

• gender discrimination

• Diversity

Indentify the wrongly matched Pair(s)

 (i) Brussels-Dutch-speaking

(ii) Walloon -French-speaking

(iii) Flemish  - -Capital Region

• (i) and (ii)

• (ii) and (iii)

• (i) and (iii)

• (ii) and (iii)

Tamil natives of Sri Lanka are called the___________

• Indian Tamils

• Muslim Tamils

• Sri Lankan Tamils

• Christian Tamils

Who elects the community government in Belgium?

• People belonging to one language community only.

• By the leader of Belgium.

• The citizens of the whole country.

• The community leaders of Belgium.

In which part of Sri Lanka are the Sri Lankan Tamils concentrated?

 

• North and South

• North and East

• East and West

• South and East