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WorksheetsPower Sharing & Federalism
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Local government in big cities are called
Municipal Corporation
Municipality
Panchayat
Mandal
Which of the following is is listed in the concurrent list?
Marriage
Forest
Police
Education
Head of the municipal corporation is called -
Political head
Maja
Sarpanch
Mayor
In which type of Federation all the constituent units enjoy equal power
Holding together Federation
Coming together Federation
Both holding together federation and coming together Federation
Neither holding together Federation nor together Federation
Subjects which are not listed in any of the list are called
Residuary subjects
Union territories
State subjects
concurrent subjects
According to the constitution the use of English for official purposes was to stop in
1966
1967
1965
1964
A few gram panchayats are grouped together to form-
Mandal
Panchayat Samiti
Block
None of the above
According to our constitution who has the power to legislate on residuary subjects?
Supreme Court
High Court
Union government
State government
Power sharing among legislature, judiciary and executive is known as
Vertical power sharing
Horizontal power sharing
Power sharing among different social groups
Power sharing among political parties
According to potential region power sharing is desirable because
It is the spirit of democracy
People have a right to be consulted on how they are to be governed
A legitimate government is one where citizens through participation acquire a stake in the system
Power sharing is desirable to ensure stability of political order
Community government in Belgium is elected by
By people belonging to one language community
Dutch French and German speaking people together le
Union government and state government
None of the above
The numbers of Dutch speaking and French speaking Minister shall be................... in the central government in Belgium.
Equal
Unequal
More than the dunch ministers
More than the French ministers
A violent conflict between opposing groups within a country that becomes so intense that it appears like a war is called
. Majoritarianism
World war
Civil war
Cold war
The word 'Tamil Elam' refers to-
Country
territory
State
None of the above
Sri Lanka emerged as an independent country in...............
1947
1958
1948
1984
The official language of Sri Lanka is
Sinhala
German
Tamil
Hindi
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 is known as
Majoritarianism
Fascism
Socialism
Capitalism
Which religion is fostered entry Lanka as per the Sri Lankan constitution
Buddhism
Hinduism
Islam
Christianity
In the capital of Belgium there are 80% people who speak
German
Dutch
French
Spanish
A social division based on shared culture where people belonging to the same ethnic group believe in their common Descent because of similarities of physical type aur off culture or both-
Majoritarianism
Racism
Ethnic
Fascism
The key change to convert Unitary form of government to federal form of government in Belgium was ______
to give more power to state government
to reduce the power of the Central Government
To solve the problem with judiciary
In which year the change took place in Belgian government?
1993
1994
1995
1996
In ------ government national government has all the powers.
Parliamentary
federal
unitary
democratic
Belgium is shifted from ------- to ---------- form of government.
Parliamentary to Presidential
federal to unitary
unitary to federal
parliamentary to federal
What form of govt. was demanded by the tamil leaders in Sri Lanka?
Federal
Unitary
Parliamentary
Presidential
In Unitary form of govt ------- government can pass or orders to the provincial govts.
Unitary
Federal
Parliamentary
Presidential
-------- have the power to interpret the constitution and the powers of different levels of government.
Judiciary
Central government
State government
local government
The Constitution declared India as ------------
United States
United Provinces
Union of States
Diplomatic country
This subject is under the Union list.
police
defence
commerce
trade
The Central Government has special powers in running the ----
state governments
union government
union territories
local governments
Any change in the power sharing arrangement needs ------ majority in both the houses of the parliament
2/3
1/4
3/4
1/2
In case of any dispute about the division of powers ------- and -------- make a decision.
central and state governments
state and local governments
judges and lawyers
High courts and Supreme Court
The Union and State govts have the power to raise resources by --------
levying taxes
loans
banks
people
59 per cent of the country’s total population who speaks Dutch, lives in
Wallonia regiion
Brussels
Flemish region
None of these
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
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
Belgium shares its boundary with
France, Germany, Switzerland and Hungary
France, Germany, Switzerland and Luxembourg
France, Germany, Netherlands and Luxembourg
France, Germany, Hungary and Netherlands
Between 1970 to 1993 how many times was the constitution of Belgium amended?
10 times
5 times
2 times
4 times
