POWER SHARING PRACTICE

Belgium Shares borders with France, the Netherlands, Germany and ……?

• 1. England

• 1. . Norway

• 1. Luxembourg

• 1. Italy

In the capital city Brussels, 80 percent people speak………?

• 1. French

• 1. B. Dutch

• 1. C. German

• 1. D. English

20 % of the people of Brussels Speak………?

• 1. Dutch

• 1. B. English

• 1. C. German

• 1. D. Italian

Brussels presented a special problem:What was it?

• 1. A. Dutch-speaking people constituted a minority in the country, but a majority in the capital

• 1. B. Dutch-speaking people constituted a majority in the country, but a minority in the capital

• 1. C. Other foreign languages were seeping in

• 1. D. English was becoming dominant

What percentage of Srilankan Population is Tamil Speaking?

• 1. A. 50%

• 1. B. 20%

• 1. C. 18%

• 1. D. 16%

The people whose forefathers came from India to Srilanka as plantation workers during the colonial period are called…….

• 1. A. Sri Lankan Tamils

• 1. B. Indian Tamils

• 1. C. Tamil Indians

• 1. D. Indian Sri Lankans

Most of the Sinhalese Speaking people in Srilanka are…………?

• 1. A. Hindus

• 1. B. Christians

• 1. C. Muslims

• D. Buddhist

When did Sri Lanka emerge as an independent country?

• 1. A. 1949

• 1. B. 1950

• 1. C. 1948

• 1. D. 1951

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?

• 1. A. 1956

• 1. B. 1957

• 1. C. 1958

• 1. D. 1959

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

• 1. A. Protests

• 1. B. Favouritism

• 1. C. Feeling of alienation

• 1. D. Subordination