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Power Sharing

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

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.

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

8.

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

9.

___________was chosen as the headquarters of the European Union

a)

Brussels

b)

Geneva

c)

The Hague

d)

Frankfurt

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

16.

The principal of majoritarianism led to a civil war in ------

a)

Sri Lanka

b)

Belgium

c)

England

d)

France

17.

The major language generally spoken in Belgium are-----and -------.

a)

Sinhala and English

b)

Dutch and French

c)

Dutch and Sinhala

d)

French and English

18.

Division of powers between higher and lower levels of government is called------

a)

coailition govwrnment

b)

Horizontal division

c)

Prudential reason

d)

Vertical division

19.

Which is the state religion of Sri Lanka?

a)

Muslim

b)

Hindu

c)

Buddhism

d)

Christian

20.

The minority French-speaking community was relatively poor and powerful in Belgium

a)

Flase

b)

True

21.

Amsterdam is the capital of Belgium

a)

True

b)

False

22.

What is the official religion of Sri Lanka-

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hindu

c)

Islam

d)

Jain

23.
Majoritarianism  refers to 
a)
Equal power to the people
b)
No difference between majority and minority
c)
Domination by the majority and disregard for the minority
d)
all communities being regarded as majority
24.
Power sharing between different organs of the government are referred to as 
a)
Community power sharing
b)
Vertical power sharing
c)
Horizontal power sharing
d)
people power sharing
25.
Functioning of  a multi party system in India is an example of 
a)
horizontal power sharing
b)
vertical power sharing
c)
power sharing among social groups 
d)
political power sharing
26.

Which of the following is not one of the three organs of the govt powers are shared?

a)

Legislature

b)

Bureaucracy

c)

Executive

d)

Judiciary

27.

Tamil Eelam was demanded in the -----parts of Srilanka

a)

Northern & Southern

b)

Eastern & Western

c)

Northern & Eastern

d)

Southern & Western

28.

The people whose forefathers came from India to Srilanka as plantation workers during the colonial period are called…….

a)

Sri Lankan Tamils

b)

Indian Tamils

c)

Tamil Indians

d)

Indian Sri Lankans

29.

In the capital city Brussels, 80 percent of people speak………?

a)

French

b)

Dutch

c)

German

d)

English

30.

The term Eelam stands for

a)

government

b)

state

c)

country

d)

political party