Chapter 1 :- Power Sharing
1. What is the population of Belgium ?
(a) over one crore
(b) under one crore
(c) Two crore
(d) over two crore
2. What percent of population lived in Flemish region and speak Dutch in Belgium?
(a) 29
(b) 40
(c) 79
(d) 59
3. What percent of Brussels speaks Dutch in Belgium?
(a) 20
(b) 40
(c) 60
(d) 80
4. __ People of ___ region of Belgium spoke French?
(a) 40 %, Wallonia
(b) 70%, Flemish
(c) 65%, Sinhala
(d) 15%, Tamil
5. ____community is relatively rich and powerful in
Belgium?
(a) French speaking
(b) Sinhala-speakers
(c) Dutch-speaking
(d) Tamil speakers
6. Sri Lanka is an island nation, just a few kilometres from the Southern coast of ____
(a) Goa
(b) Kerala
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Lakshadweep
7. When power is shared among legislative executive and judiciary in democracy it is known as?
(a) horizontal distribution of power
(b) vertical distribution of power
(c) federalism
8. Belgium is a small country in Europe, smaller in area
than the state of Haryana. it has borders with ___,
___, ___ and ___.
(a) Netherlands, Germany
(b) France, Luxembourg
(c) Germany, France
(d) Luxembourg, France, Germany, Netherland
9. Belgium is a ___ country in Europe, ___ in area
than the state of Haryana. It has border with France,
Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg.
(a) small, bigger
(b) small, Smaller
(c) big, bigger
(d) big, smaller
10. Which is not correct reason to led the tension between Dutch speaking people in Belgium in 1950-1960’s ?
(a) The primary cause which led to the tension
between the Dutch-speaking people and Frenchspeaking people was the economic inequality.
(b) Dutch-speaking people were in majority and the
French-speaking people were in minority.
(c) The French-speaking people were poor and not
powerful while the Dutch-speaking people were
rich and more powerful.
(d) the disparity was a result of the minority
population of Dutch-speaking people in the
capital and majority in the country
11. What is the population of Sri Lanka in 2020?
(a) over one crore
(b) under one crore
(c) Two crore
(d) over two crore
12. The major social groups of Sri Lanka are ______.
(a) Sinhalse and Dutch
(b) Dutch and SriLankan Tamils
(c) French and Dutch
(d) Sinhalse and Sri Lankan Tamils
13. The population of Sri Lanka is divided into ___________.
(a) Sinhala 55 % and Tamil 45%.
(b) Sinhala 68 % and Tamil 25%.
(c) Sinhala 74 % and Tamil 18%.
(d) Sinhala 80 % and Tamil 15%.
14. Which one of the following communities is not related
to Sri Lanka?
(a) Dutch
(b) Sri Lankan Tamils
(c) Sinhalese
(d) Indian Tamils
15. In Srilanka Most of the Sinhala speaking people are ____, while most of the Tamils are ____ or____.
(a) Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims
(b) Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims
(c) Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus
(d) Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists
16. Buddhism is the official religion of____.
(a) Sri Lanka
(b) Pakistan
(c) Indonesia
(d) England
17. In Srilanka there are about ___percent Christians, who are both tamil and sinhala.
(a) 10
(b) 15
(c) 7
(d) 12
18. The religion which is practiced by 7 percent of Srilankan population is____.
(a) Hinduism
(b) Buddhism
(c) Christianity
(d) Islam
19. When Sri Lanka emerged as an independent country?
(a) 1940
(b) 1956
(c) 1948
(d) 1984
20. Act of ____, recognised Sinhala as the official
language by disregarding Tamil.
(a) 1940
(b) 1956
(c) 1948
(d) 1984
21. What kind of measures were adopted in Sri Lanka
after independence to establish Sinhala supremacy
(Delhi 2009) in the government?
(a) Economic measures
(b) Majoritarianism measures
(c) Political measures
(d) D) None of the above
22. Sri Lankan government followed preferential policies
for Sinhalas in____
(a) Government jobs
(b) University positions
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above
23. The state that protects and fosters Buddhism is ____.
(a) Nigeria
(b) Finland
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) Belgium
24. The major objective of LTTE in Sri Lanka was to ____.
(a) Establish autonomy for Buddhist people
(b) Attain independence for Christians
(c) End Sinhala rule
(d) Demand separate homeland for Tamils
25.The major cause of the civil war in Sri Lanka was
the distrust between the two communities namely
_______.
(a) Sri Lankan Tamils and the Indian Tamils
(b) Hindus and Muslims
(c) Sinhalas and Moors
(d) Sinhalas and the Tamils.
26. Which term is correct for the distrust between two communities turned into widespread conflict?
(a) civil war
(b) Religious war.
(c) absolute war
(d) World War
27. When did civil war in Sri Lanka end?
(a) 1983
(b) 2000
(c) 2009
(d) 1991
28. Between 1970 and 1993, how many times the Belgian’s amended their constitution so as to work out an arrangement that would enable everyone to live together within the same country?
(a) Two times
(b) Three times
(c) Four times
(d) Five times
29. Constitution of Belgium prescribes that the number of Dutch and French speaking ministers shall be____ in the central government.
(a) Unequal
(b) Equal
(c) According to the population
(d) According to the will of the prime minister
30. Which was not the provision of Belgium Constitution?
(a) Constitution prescribes that the number of
Dutch and French speaking ministers shall be
equal in the central govt.
(b) Some special laws require the support of majority
of members from each linguistic group.
(c) Brussels have a separate govt. in which both
communities have equal representation.
(d) The community govt. has no power regarding
culture, education and language.
31. The capital of Belgium is ___.
(a) Walloon
(b) Brussels
(c) Paris
(d) Melbourne
32. Who does not elect the Community Government in
Belgium?
(a) Dutch speaking people
(b) French speaking people
(c) German speaking people
(d) Sinhala leaders
33. Which of the following country has the headquarters
of the European Union?
(a) USA
(b) France
(c) Belgium
(d) Australia
34. Which of the following was not similar between Sri
Lanka and Belgium?
(a) Both nations have small geographical area
(b) Both nations have small populations
(c) Both nations faced ethnic problems.
(d) Both formed a community government
35. Imposing the will of majority community over others
may look like an attractive option in the short run,
but in the long run it undermines the ____.
(a) Economic interests of the nation
(b) political interests of the nation
(c) economic interests of the minority.
(d) unity of the nation
36. A legitimate government is one where_____.
(a) Citizens participate to acquire a stake in the
system
(b) Citizen have unequal rights
(c) Majority rules over minority
(d) Minorities are provided with special privileges
37. Prudential reason of power sharing is based on
careful calculation of _______.
(a) Gains and losses
(b) money and man power
(c) Profit and gains
(d) Gains and losses
38. Belgium Shares borders with France, the Netherlands,
Germany and ____?
(a) Norway
(b) England
(c) Luxembourg
(d) Italy
39. In the capital city Brussels, 80 percent people
speak___?
(a) French
(b) Dutch
(c) German
(d) English
40. 20 % of the people of Brussels Speak___?
(a) Dutch
(b) English
(c) German
(d) Italian
41. Brussels presented a special problem: What was it?
(a) Dutch-speaking people constituted a minority in
the country, but a majority in the capital
(b) Dutch-speaking people constituted a majority in
the country, but a minority in the capital
(c) Other foreign languages were seeping in
(d) English was becoming dominant
42. What percentage of Srilankan population is Tamil
Speaking?
(a) 50%
(b) 20%
(c) 18%
(d) 16%
43. 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
44. Most of the Sinhalese Speaking people in Srilanka
are___?
(a) Hindus
(b) Christians
(c) Muslims
(d) Buddhists
45. When did Sri Lanka emerge as an independent
country?
(1) 1949
(2) 1950
(3) 1948
(4) 1951
46. In____an Act was passed to recognise Sinhalese as
the only official language, thus disregarding Tamil.
The governments followed preferential policies that
favoured Sinhalese applicants for university positions
and government jobs?
(1) 1956
(2) 1957
(3) 1958
(4) 1959
47. All these government measures, coming one after the
other, gradually increased the ___among the Sri
Lankan Tamils.
(a) Protests
(b) Favouritism
(c) Feeling of alienation
(d) Subordination
48. By the 1980s several political organisations were
formed demanding ____.
(a) Certain rights
(b) Independent Tamil Eelam (state)
(c) Sovereign State
(d) Priority in Jobs for Tamils
49. When did the Civil War of Sri Lanka end?
(a) 2010
(b) 2009
(c) 2005
(d) 2011
50. How many times was the constitution of Belgium
amended between 1970 and 1993?
(a) Three times
(b) Two times
(c) Four times
(d) Once
