Power Sharing MCQ Multiple Choice Questions Answers - Page 2 for Practice
31. Which of the following is the capital city of Belgium?
Correct Answer is: Brussels
32. Which one of the following statements about power-sharing arrangements is correct?
Correct Answer is: Every society needs some form of power sharing even if it is small or does not have social divisions.
33. Which one of the following countries does not share its boundary with Belgium?
Correct Answer is: Sweden
34. 20 % of the people of Brussels Speak...........
Correct Answer is: Dutch
35. 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:
Correct Answer is: Majoritarianism
36. A system of checks and balances is another name for which one of the following power-sharing arrangements:
Correct Answer is: Horizontal division of power or power shared among different organs of the government.
37. A war-like conflict between two opposite groups in a country is called
Correct Answer is: Civil war
38. All these government measures, coming one after the other, gradually increased the............among the Sri Lankan Tamils
Correct Answer is: Feeling of alienation
39. An Act of recognising Sinhala as the official language was signed in:
Correct Answer is: 1956
40. Belgium and Sri Lanka are the two similar causes in the struggle of people.
Correct Answer is: True Statement
41. Belgium has French people in majority whereas the others struggle for their rights.
Correct Answer is: False Statement
42. Belgium has worked on the principles of:
Correct Answer is: accommodation
43. Belgium Shares borders with France, the Netherlands, Germany and..........
Correct Answer is: Luxembourg
44. Belgium shares its border with:
Correct Answer is: all of the above
45. Brussels presented a special problem:What was it
Correct Answer is: Dutch-speaking people constituted a majority in the country, but a minority in the capital
46. By the 1980s several political organisations were formed demanding
Correct Answer is: Independent Tamil Eelam (state)
47. Consider the following statements about power sharing arrangements in Belgium and Sri Lanka. 1. In Belgium, the Dutch-speaking majority people tried to impose their domination on the minority French-speaking community. 2. In Sri Lanka, the policies of the government sought to ensure the dominance of the Sinhala-speaking majority. 3. 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. 4. 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 is correct?
Correct Answer is: 1, 2 and 4
48. Consider the following statements about the ethnic composition of Sri Lanka: Major social groups are the Sinhala- speaking (74%) and Tamil-speaking (18%)? Among the Tamils, there are two sub-groups, Sri Lankan Tamils and Indian Tamils. There are about 7% Christians, who are both Tamil and Sinhala. Most of the Sinhala-speaking are Hindus or Muslims and most of the Tamil-speaking are Buddhists. Which of the above statements are correct?
Correct Answer is: A, B, C
49. Consider the following two statements on power sharing and select the answer using the codes given below: 1. Power sharing is good for democracy. 2. It helps to reduce the possibility of conflict between social groups. Which of these statements are true and false?
Correct Answer is: Both 1 and 2 are true
50. Different arguments are usually put forth in favour of and against power sharing. Identify those which are in favour of power sharing and select the answer using the codes given below? Power sharing: 1. reduces conflict among different communities 2. decreases the possibility of arbitrariness 3. delays decision making process 4. accommodates diversities 5. increases instability and divisiveness 6. promotes people’s participation in government 7. undermines the unity of a country
Correct Answer is: 1, 2, 4, 7
51. Division of power between higher and lower level of government is known as
Correct Answer is: vertical division of power
52. Give an example of horizontal distribution of power
Correct Answer is: legislature, executive and judiciary
53. Give one moral reason as why power sharing is good
Correct Answer is: People have a right to be consulted on how they are to be governed.
54. Give reason as to why power sharing can be good for a country?
Correct Answer is: A & B
55. How many times was the constitution of Belgium amended between 1970 and 1993?
Correct Answer is: Four times
56. 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?
Correct Answer is: 1957
57. In Belgium
Correct Answer is: The state governments are not subordinate to the Central Government
58. In Belgium, the percentage of French community is:
Correct Answer is: 40%
59. In dealing with power sharing, which one of the following statements is NOT correct about democracy?
Correct Answer is: In a democracy, if the power to decide is dispersed, it is not possible to take quick decisions and enforce them.
60. In Sri lanka, there are about..... percent Christians, who are both Tamil and Sinhala
