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WorksheetsCIVICS: Power Sharing
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 13mins
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:
Majoritarianism
Monarchy
Central Government
Community Government
A system of ‘checks and balances’ is another name for which one of the following power-sharing arrangements:
Vertical division of power
Power sharing in the form of political parties, pressure groups
Horizontal division of power
Power sharing among different social groups
Of Belgium’s total population, what percentage of people lived in Wallonia and speak French?
40 %
59%
80%
None of the above
Sri Lanka became an independent country in -
1948
1950
1947
Prudential reasons of power sharing stress on the facts that:
(A) It reduces the possibility of conflict between social groups.
(B) It ensures the stability of political order.
(C) It is the very spirit of democracy.
(D) It gives a fair share to minority.
Only (A)
Only (C)
(A) (B) (D)
(A) (B) (C)
The headquarters of European Union is found in -
Brussels
Wallonia
Flemish
None of the above
The religion followed by Sinhala-speaking people in Sri Lanka is ………………
Hindu
Buddhism
Muslim
Both (a) and (c)
None of the above
Consider the following statements and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(A) Power sharing is good for democracy
(B) It helps reduce the possibility of conflicts between social groups.
A is true but B is false
Both A and B are true
Both A and B are false
A is false but B is true
Majoritarian measures were was passed by Sri Lankan government on -
1980
1950
1956
1976
Brussels presented a special problem:What was it?
Dutch-speaking people constituted a minority in the country, but a majority in the capital
Other foreign languages were seeping in
English became dominant
Dutch-speaking people constituted a majority in the country, but a minority in the capital
All these government measures, coming one after the other, gradually increased the …………among the Sri Lankan Tamils?
Alienated
Protests
Subordination
All of the above
The ‘community government’ is elected by people belonging to one language community – Dutch, French and German-speaking. What powers does it hold?
Political Issues
Cultural ,educational and language related
Defence Related Issues
All of the above.
Which is a federal division of power?
Government at provincial or regional level.
Legislature,executive and judiciary
Among social groups
political parties, pressure groups and movements
A social division on shared culture is called
Pressure group
Ethnic group
Both A and B
None of the above
Which statements is FALSE regarding Vertical Division of Power-
In this division of power , the constitution lays down the powers of different levels of government.
There is a concept of checks and balances.
There is no concept of checks and balances.
Both A and C
Why is power shared among various social groups?
Choose the most appropriate option.
To give equal power to the weaker sections of the society.
So that women are represented in the government.
To give space in the government for adverse social groups.
So that no social group feels alienated from the government.
All of the above
Identify the major social group that constituted the largest share in the population of Sri Lanka.
Sinhala
Indian Tamils
Sri Lankan Tamils
Muslims
In India government for entire country is called-
Central government
Regional Government
Union Government
Both A and C
We learned from Belgium that-
Unity of country is possible by respecting the wishes, interest of all religions.
Such realisations lead to a mutual accepted form of power sharing.
It also helps avoid possible division of the country.
All of the above.
Only A and B
The term Eelam stands for-
State
Country
Political Party
Government
Tamil natives of Sri Lanka are called the-
Indian Tamils
Muslim Tamils
Sri Lankan Tamils
Christian Tamils
Division of powers between higher and lower levels of government is called
Horizontal division of power
Vertical Division of Power
Parallel Division
None of the above
Who elects the community government in Belgium?
The community leaders of Belgium.
The citizens of the whole country.
People belonging to one language community only.
By the leader of Belgium.
The Headquarters of Europian Union is
France
Wallonia
Brussels
Flemish
Non share of power leads to
A) Economic stability
B) Civil Unrest in the country
C) Development of the country on the whole
D) negation of the very spirit of Democracy
Which of the above statements are true
A, C & D
B & D
A, B & C
ALL THE FOUR
Which of the following is not the organ of democracy?
Legislature
Executive
Bureaucracy
Judiciary
The minority French speaking community was relatively poor and powerless in Belgium.
True
False
Tamil eelam was demanded in which parts of Srilanka?
Northern and Eastern
Southern and Eastern
Northern and Western
Southern and Western
