Q.1.
In Sri lanka, there are about…..  percent Christians, who are both Tamil and Sinhala?
Q.2.
What is the percentage of German-speaking people in Belgium?
Q.3.
In which one of the following year Sri Lanka emerged as an independent country?
Q.4.
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?
Q.5.
When did the Civil War of Sri Lanka end?
Q.6.
The ‘community government’ is elected by people belonging to one language community – Dutch, French and German-speaking. What powers does it hold?
Q.7.
In the capital city Brussels, 80 percent people speak………?
Q.8.
Power can be shared in modern democracies in the following ways:
Q.9.
Brussels is the capital of
Q.10.
Choose the incorrect statement
Q.11.
What led to tensions between the Dutch-speaking and French-speaking communities in Belgium during the 1950s and 1960s?
Q.12.
Which is the state religion of Sri Lanka?
Q.13.
Most of the Sinhala-speaking people are
Q.14.
By the 1980s several political organisations were formed demanding ……..?
Q.15.
The Government in which power is shared by two or more political parties, is known as:
Q.16.
The idea of power-sharing has emerged in opposition to …….?