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Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
59 per cent of the country’s total population who speaks Dutch, lives in
Wallonia regiion
Brussels
Flemish region
None of these
Which of the following is an example of horizontal power sharing?
Power shared between different states
Power shared between different levels of the government
Power shared between different organs of the government
Power shared between different political parties
Who elects the community government in Belgium?
Community leaders of Belgium
Citizens of the whole country
Political leader of the country
People belonging to one language community only
The word ethnic means
Social division of shared culture
Different religious groups
People who are loyal to a political party
Conflict between different social groups
Why did the Sri Lankan Tamils launch parties and struggle?
To recognise Sinhalese as the only official language
To recognise Tamil as an official language
To adopt Majoitarianism
To dominate other religions
The system of "Checks and Balances" is....
Vertical distribution of power
When the government checks the powers of the citizens to bring a balance
Put a check on the exercise of unlimited powers of the organs of government and bring a balance
Equal sharing of power
The system of "Checks and Balances" is....
Vertical distribution of power
When the government checks the powers of the citizens to bring a balance
Put a check on the exercise of unlimited powers of the organs of government and bring a balance
Equal sharing of power
Which of the following statements of power sharing is true?
Power sharing is necessary only in countries that have religious and ethnic diversity
Power sharing is possible only in countries that do not have religious and ethnic diversity
Power sharing is not necessary
Every society needs power sharing whether small or big
___________was chosen as the headquarters of the European Union
Brussels
Geneva
The Hague
Frankfurt
The percentage of Sinhala speakers in Sri Lanka was..
18
54
74
20
Prudential reason of power sharing stresses on that fact that
It is the very Spirit of Democracy
It reduces conflicts between social groups
It emphasises on dominance of one group
None of the above
Sri Lanka got independence in which year?
1948
1947
1956
1950
Between 1970 to 1993 how many times was the constitution of Belgium amended?
10 times
5 times
2 times
4 times
Power shared at different level of the government is known as....
Unitary form of government
Federal Form of government
Community form of government
Monarchy
Which linguistic group is the majority in Brussels?
German
Dutch
French
Both French and Dutch
The principal of majoritarianism led to a civil war in ------
Sri Lanka
Belgium
England
France
The major language generally spoken in Belgium are-----and -------.
Sinhala and English
Dutch and French
Dutch and Sinhala
French and English
Division of powers between higher and lower levels of government is called------
coailition govwrnment
Horizontal division
Prudential reason
Vertical division
Which is the state religion of Sri Lanka?
Muslim
Hindu
Buddhism
Christian
The minority French-speaking community was relatively poor and powerful in Belgium
Flase
True
Amsterdam is the capital of Belgium
True
False
What is the official religion of Sri Lanka-
Buddhism
Hindu
Islam
Jain
Which of the following is not one of the three organs of the govt powers are shared?
Legislature
Bureaucracy
Executive
Judiciary
Tamil Eelam was demanded in the -----parts of Srilanka
Northern & Southern
Eastern & Western
Northern & Eastern
Southern & Western
The people whose forefathers came from India to Srilanka as plantation workers during the colonial period are called…….
Sri Lankan Tamils
Indian Tamils
Tamil Indians
Indian Sri Lankans
In the capital city Brussels, 80 percent of people speak………?
French
Dutch
German
English
The term Eelam stands for
government
state
country
political party
