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Power Sharing

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Wallonia regiion

b)

Brussels

c)

Flemish region

d)

None of these

2.

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

a)

Power shared between different states

b)

Power shared between different levels of the government

c)

Power shared between different organs of the government

d)

Power shared between different political parties

3.

Who elects the community government in Belgium?

a)

Community leaders of Belgium

b)

Citizens of the whole country

c)

Political leader of the country

d)

People belonging to one language community only

4.

The word ethnic means

a)

Social division of shared culture

b)

Different religious groups

c)

People who are loyal to a political party

d)

Conflict between different social groups

5.

Why did the Sri Lankan Tamils launch parties and struggle?

a)

To recognise Sinhalese as the only official language

b)

To recognise Tamil as an official language

c)

To adopt Majoitarianism

d)

To dominate other religions

6.

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

a)

Vertical distribution of power

b)

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

c)

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

d)

Equal sharing of power

7.

Which of the following statements of power sharing is true?

a)

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

b)

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

c)

Power sharing is not necessary

d)

Every society needs power sharing whether small or big

8.

___________was chosen as the headquarters of the European Union

a)

Brussels

b)

Geneva

c)

The Hague

d)

Frankfurt

9.

Belgium shares its boundary with

a)

France, Germany, Switzerland and Hungary

b)

France, Germany, Switzerland and Luxembourg

c)

France, Germany, Netherlands and Luxembourg

d)

France, Germany, Hungary and Netherlands

10.

The percentage of Sinhala speakers in Sri Lanka was..

a)

18

b)

54

c)

74

d)

20

11.

Prudential reason of power sharing stresses on that fact that

a)

It is the very Spirit of Democracy

b)

It reduces conflicts between social groups

c)

It emphasises on dominance of one group

d)

None of the above

12.

Sri Lanka got independence in which year?

a)

1948

b)

1947

c)

1956

d)

1950

13.

Between 1970 to 1993 how many times was the constitution of Belgium amended?

a)

10 times

b)

5 times

c)

2 times

d)

4 times

14.

Power shared at different level of the government is known as....

a)

Unitary form of government

b)

Federal Form of government

c)

Community form of government

d)

Monarchy

15.

Which linguistic group is the majority in Brussels?

a)

German

b)

Dutch

c)

French

d)

Both French and Dutch