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An Act of recognising Sinhala as the official language was signed in:
A
1948
B
1942
C
1956
D
1954
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An Act of recognising Sinhala as the official language was signed in:
1948
1942
1956
1954
All these government measures, coming one after the other, gradually increased the............among the Sri Lankan Tamils
Subordination
Protests
Favouritism
Feeling of alienation
A war-like conflict between two opposite groups in a country is called
None of these
Cold war
Civil war
Ethnic war
A system of checks and balances is another name for which one of the following power-sharing arrangements:
Power sharing in the form of political parties, pressure groups and governments.
Power sharing among different social groups.
Vertical division of power or power shared among different levels of government.
Horizontal division of power or power shared among different organs of the government.
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:
Community Government
Power Sharing
Central Government
Majoritarianism
20 % of the people of Brussels Speak...........
Italian
Dutch
English
German
Which one of the following countries does not share its boundary with Belgium?
Luxembourg
France
Netherlands
Sweden
Which one of the following statements about power-sharing arrangements is correct?
Power-sharing is not necessary at all.
Power sharing is necessary only in societies which have religious, linguistic or ethnic divisions.
Power sharing is suitable only for big countries that have regional divisions.
Every society needs some form of power sharing even if it is small or does not have social divisions.
Which of the following is the capital city of Belgium?
Antwerp
Bruges
Brussels
Ghent
Which of the following is not the form of power sharing?
Vertical division of power
Horizontal division of power
Division of power between people
Division of power among social groups
Which of the following is not the benefit of power sharing?
It upholds the spirit of democracy.
Political parties get their expected share.
It ensures political stability in the long-run.
It reduces the possibility of conflicts between social groups.
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.
A, B, C, D
B, C and D
A and C
A, C and D
Which language is dominantly spoken in Belgium?
Dutch
Spanish
France
Italian
Which is a federal division of power?
governments at the provincial or regional level.
legislature, executive and judiciary
among different social groups
political parties, pressure groups and movements
Where power is shared among different organs of government, such as the legislature, executive and judiciary, what is the functioning of this system called?
Horizontal system
system of checks and balances
System of shared duties
System of limited power
When power is shared among different organs of the government it is called as
horizontal distribution of power
community distribution of power
coalition of power
federal distribution of power
When many countries of Europe came together to form the European Union,.......... was chosen as the headquarter?
Paris
Brussels
Rome
London
When did the Civil War of Sri Lanka end
2010
2009
2005
2011
When did Sri Lanka emerge as an independent country?
1949
1950
1948
1951
What proportion of population speaks French in the capital city of Belgium?
Bruges
Brussels
Ghent
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