Power Sharing in History : Practice MCQ Questions & Answers with Explanations

Consider the following statements:

Statement I: In Belgium, the Dutch-speaking majority people tried to impose their domination on the minority French-speaking community.

Statement II: In Sri Lanka, the policies of the government sought to ensure the dominance of the Sinhala-speaking majority.

Statement III: The Tamils in Sri Lanka demanded a federal arrangement of power sharing to protect their culture, language and equality of opportunity in education and jobs.

Statement IV: The transformation of Belgium from unitary government to a federal one prevented a possible division of the country on linguistic lines

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

By the 1980s several political organisations were formed demanding

Brussels presented a special problem:What was it

Belgium shares its border with:

Belgium Shares borders with France, the Netherlands, Germany and..........

Belgium has worked on the principles of:

Belgium has French people in majority whereas the others struggle for their rights.

Belgium and Sri Lanka are the two similar causes in the struggle of people.

An Act of recognising Sinhala as the official language was signed in:

All these government measures, coming one after the other, gradually increased the............among the Sri Lankan Tamils

A war-like conflict between two opposite groups in a country is called

A system of checks and balances is another name for which one of the following power-sharing arrangements:

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:

20 % of the people of Brussels Speak...........

Which one of the following countries does not share its boundary with Belgium?

Which one of the following statements about power-sharing arrangements is correct?

Which of the following is the capital city of Belgium?

Which of the following is not the form of power sharing?

Which of the following is not the benefit of power sharing?

Which of the following features are common to Indian and Belgian form of power-sharing arrangements? Power is shared among governments at different levels. Power is shared among different organs of government. Power is shared among different social groups. Power is shared among different parties and takes the form of competition.