Saturday 19 June 2021

Power Sharing

 Q.1. In which part of Sri Lanka are the Sri Lankan Tamils concentrated?

(a)  North and South               (b) North and East      

(c)  East and West                  (d) South and East     

Ans.     (b)                               

Q.2.     Most of the Sinhala-speaking people are

(a)  Buddhists                (b) Hindus                 (c) Muslims                             (d) Christians

Ans.     (a)                               

Q.3.     Which is the capital city of Belgium?

(a)  Wallonia                  (b) Brussels               (c) Bonn                                  (d) Paris

Ans.     (b)                               

Q.4. Which language is spoken by the majority of Belgians?

(a)  German                    (b) French                            (c) Dutch                       (d) English

Ans. (c)

Q.5. Which language is spoken by 80 per cent people of Brussels?

(a)  French                     (b) Dutch                               (c) German                    (d) Latin

Ans. (a)

Q.6. Power sharing is good because:                                                                             

(a)  It increases the conflict between social groups

(b)  It ensures the instability of political order

(c)  It reduces the possibility of conflict between social groups

(d)  It leads to violence

Ans. (c)

Q.7. In which one of the following year Sri Lanka emerged as an independent country?

(a)  1947                        (b) 1948                        (c) 1948                        (d) 1950

Ans. (b)

Q.8. Which one of the following systems of power sharing is called checks and balances?

(a)  Horizontal distribution of powers

(b)  Federal division of powers

(c)  Separation of powers

(d)  Power shared among different levels of government

Ans. (a)

Q.9. How many times the Constitution of Belgium was amended between 1970 and 1993?

(a)  Two times               (b) Three times            (c) Five times               (d) Four times

Ans. (d)

Q.10. ‘Sri Lankan Tamil’ refers to which of the following?                                         

(a)  Tamil Muslim                                                (b) Tamil native of the country

(c)  Tamil whose forefathers came from India in the colonial period

(d)  Tamil Hindu

Ans. (b)

Q.11. Which of the following languages is not spoken in Belgium?               

(a)  French                     (b) Dutch                      (c) Danish                     (d) German

Ans. (c)

Q.12. When different parties share power to form a government, it is called?

(a)  Majoritarian            (b) Federal                    (c) Community             (d) Coalition

Ans. (d)

Q.13. Which of the following was not a provision of the Act of 1956 passed in Sri Lanka?

(a)  Sinhala was recognised as the only official language

(b)  Buddhism was to be protected by the state

(c)  Provinces were given autonomy

(d)  Sinhalas were favoured in government jobs

Ans. (c)

Q.14. What led to tensions between the Dutch-speaking and French-speaking communities in Belgium during the 1950s and 1960s?

(a  Both the communities demanded special powers

(b) The minority French-speaking community was richer and more powerful than the majority

Dutch-speaking community

(c)  The majority Dutch-speaking community was richer and more powerful than the minority

French-speaking community

(d) Both the communities were equal in socio-economic ladder and this was resented by the

French-speaking community

Ans. (b)

Q.15. Non-sharing of power leads to

(a)  peace among all the communities

(b) tyranny of the majority and oppression of the minority

(c)  negation of the very spirit of democracy

(d) both (b) and (c)

Ans. (d)

Q.16. Which is a prudent reason for power-sharing?

(a)  It reduces the possibility of conflict between communities and ensures the stability of political order

(b) Power-sharing is the very spirit of democracy

(c)  Both the above

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

Q.17. Which of the following is not one of the aspects of federal division of powers?

(a)  Sharing of powers among central provincial and local governments

(b)  Division of powers involving higher and lower levels of government

(c)  The Constitution clearly lays down powers of different levels of government

(d)  There is no vertical division of powers

Ans. (d)

Q.18. Which of the following countries have federal division of powers?

(a)  India                        (b) Belgium                  (c) Sri Lanka                (d) Both (a) and (b)

Ans. (d)

Q.19. Which of the following is not one of the three organs of government powers are shared?

(a)  Legislature              (b) Bureaucracy            (c) Executive                (d) Judiciary

Ans. (b)

Q.20. Power can be shared in modern democracies in the following ways :          

(a)  Among different organs of the government        (b) Among various levels

Ans. (d)

Q.21. Which of the following is an example of horizontal sharing of power?

(a)  Power sharing between different states

(b)  Power sharing between different organs of the government

(c)  Power sharing between different levels of the government

(d)  Power sharing between different political parties

Ans. (b)

Q.22. Which one of the following communities constituted majority in Brussels?

(a)  French Speaking     (b) Dutch Spekaing      (c) German Speaking   (d) None of them

Ans. (a)

Q.23. In the city of Brussels                                                                                             

(a)  80% people speak French while 20% speak Dutch

(b)  80% people speak Dutch while 20% speak French

(c)  80% people speak German while 20% speak French

(d)  80% people speak German while 20% speak Dutch

Ans. (a)

Q.24. Which of the following statements is not true?                                         

(a)  In Belgium, leaders realised that unity of the country is possible only by sharing power

(b)  In Sri Lanka, the majority community wants to force domination over others

(c)  In Sri Lanka, the demand for more autonomy to provinces populated by Tamils has been granted

(d)  Division of Belgium along linguistic lines was averted due to power sharing

Ans. (c)

Q.25. Who elects the community government in Belgium?                              

(a)  People belonging to one language community only

(b)  By the leader of Belgium

(c)  The citizens of the whole country

(d)  The community leaders to Belgium

Ans. (a)

Q.26. In which one of the following countries principle of majoritarianism led to civil war?

(a)  Pakistan                   (b) Sri Lanka                (c) Belgium                   (d) India

Ans. (b)

Q.27. Division of powers between higher and lower levels of government is called

(a)  horizontal distribution                                   (b) parallel distribution

 (c)  vertical division                                            (d) diagonal division

Ans. (c)

Q.28. Which two languages are generally spoken in Belgium?                        

(a)  French and English                                       (b) Dutch and English

(c)  French and Dutch                                         (d) Dutch and Sinhala

Ans. (c)

Q.29. Which one of the following is not a valid reason for power sharing? [2010, 2011 (T-1)]

(a)  for majoritarianism                                       (b) being part and parcel of democracy

(c)  to reduce tensions                                         (d) for political stability

Ans. (a)

Q.30. The Government in which power is shared by two or more political parties, is known

as :                 

(a)  Community Government             (b) Unitary Government

(c)  Federal Government                    (d) Coalition Government      

Ans. (c)

Q.31. Which of the following ethnic groups in Belgium has the largest population?

(a)  Walloon                   (b) Flemish                   (c) German              (d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

Q.32. Tamil natives of Sri Lanka are called :                                                         

(a)  Sri Lankan Tamils  (b) Indian Tamils         (c) Muslim Tamils    (d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

Q.33. Among the following countries to which one do ‘Indian Tamils’ belong to :   

(a)  Belgium                   (b) Germany                 (c) Sri Lanka                (d) France

Ans. (c)

Q.34. Which one of the following communities is not related to Sri Lanka?          

(a)  Sinhalas                   (b) Indian Tamils         (c) Parsis                (d) Sri Lankan Tamils

Ans. (c)

Q.35. What is the percentage of German-speaking people in Belgium ?       

(a)  59                            (b) 40                            (c) 60                            (d) 10

Ans. (d)

Q.36. Which one of the following statements about coalition Government is true?

(a)  Power is shared among the different organs of the government

(b)  Power is shared among governments at different levels

(c)  Power is shared by different social groups

(d)  Power is shared by two or more political parties

Ans. (d)

Q.37. Which one of the following statements about community government is true?

(a)  Power is shared among different organs of the government

(b)  Power is shared among governments at different levels

(c)  Power is shared by different social groups

(d)  Power is shared by two or more political parties

Ans. (c)

Q.38. Power sharing is desirable because it helps                                                         

(a)  to increase pressure on government

(b)  to reduce possibilities of conflicts

(c)  to generate awareness among people

(d)  to increase percentage of votes

Ans. (b)

Q.39. Which major social group constituted the largest share in population of Sri Lanka?

(a)  Sinhalas                                                         (b) Sri Lankan Tamils

(c)  Indian Tamils                                                (d) Muslims

Ans. (a)

Q.40. Which one of the following is the only official language of Sri Lanka?       

(a)  English                    (b) Hindi                       (c) Tamil                       (d) Sinhala

Ans. (d)

Q.41. Power is shared among different political parties that represent                    

(a)  different candidates                                       (b) same ideologies

(c)  different ideologies and social groups         (d) none of these

Ans. (c)

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