Power Sharing MCQ Quiz - Multiple Choice Questions & Answers Page 4

31. Which of the following is the capital city of Belgium?

1. Bruges
2. Brussels
3. Ghent
4. Antwerp

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

1. Power sharing is necessary only in societies which have religious, linguistic or ethnic divisions.
2. Power sharing is suitable only for big countries that have regional divisions.
3. Every society needs some form of power sharing even if it is small or does not have social divisions.
4. Power-sharing is not necessary at all.

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

1. France
2. Netherlands
3. Sweden
4. Luxembourg

34. 20 % of the people of Brussels Speak...........

1. Dutch
2. English
3. German
4. Italian

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:

1. Power Sharing
2. Central Government
3. Majoritarianism
4. Community Government

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

1. Power sharing among different social groups.
2. Vertical division of power or power shared among different levels of government.
3. Horizontal division of power or power shared among different organs of the government.
4. Power sharing in the form of political parties, pressure groups and governments.

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

1. Cold war
2. Civil war
3. Ethnic war
4. None of these

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

1. Protests
2. Favouritism
3. Feeling of alienation
4. Subordination

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

1. 1942
2. 1956
3. 1954
4. 1948

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

1. True Statement
2. False Statement