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1. Which country is smaller in area than Haryana but has complex ethnic composition?
A. Sri Lanka
B. Belgium
C. India
D. Germany
2. What percentage of Belgium’s population speaks Dutch?
A. 59%
B. 40%
C. 20%
D. 13%
3. In Brussels, what percentage of people speak French?
A. 20%
B. 59%
C. 80%
D. 40%
4. Which community in Belgium was relatively rich and powerful?
A. Dutch-speaking
B. German-speaking
C. French-speaking
D. Sinhalese
5. Which country is just a few kilometres off the southern coast of Tamil Nadu?
A. Belgium
B. Sri Lanka
C. Myanmar
D. Maldives
6. What percentage of Sri Lanka’s population are Sinhala-speakers?
A. 18%
B. 74%
C. 13%
D. 7%
7. Indian Tamils in Sri Lanka were mainly brought as:
A. Soldiers
B. Traders
C. Plantation workers
D. Teachers
8. Which religion is followed by most Sinhala-speaking people?
A. Hinduism
B. Islam
C. Buddhism
D. Christianity
9. Which act recognised Sinhala as the only official language in Sri Lanka?
A. 1948 Act
B. 1956 Act
C. 1970 Act
D. 1993 Act
10. What was one major demand of Sri Lankan Tamils?
A. Sinhala supremacy
B. Independent Tamil Eelam
C. Dutch recognition
D. Integration with India
11. What type of conflict occurred in Sri Lanka due to ethnic tensions?
A. World war
B. Civil war
C. Border war
D. Cold war
12. How many times was the Belgian constitution amended between 1970 and 1993?
A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. Five
13. What does Belgium’s constitution require about ministers in the central government?
A. Sinhala majority
B. Equal Dutch and French ministers
C. Only Dutch ministers
D. Tamil representation
14. What is the unique third kind of government in Belgium?
A. Military government
B. Community government
C. Federal council
D. Provincial council
15. What is the key lesson from the Belgian model?
A. Majority rule is best
B. Sharing power maintains unity
C. Centralisation strengthens democracy
D. Military rule is stable
16. What does majoritarianism mean?
A. Minority domination
B. Equal power
C. Majority can rule disregarding minorities
D. Military dictatorship
17. What is the first prudential reason for power sharing?
A. To speed up decisions
B. To reduce social conflict
C. To increase central power
D. To favour majority
18. What is the moral reason for power sharing?
A. To give power to only ministers
B. To respect majority decisions
C. It is the spirit of democracy
D. To delay governance
19. What type of power sharing divides power among legislature, executive, and judiciary?
A. Vertical
B. Horizontal
C. Social
D. Political
20. Which system ensures balance among different organs of government?
A. Checks and balances
B. Coalition rule
C. Federal division
D. Unitary system
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