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POLITICAL SCIENCE

CHAPTER-1
POWER SHARING

Q1: Which one of the following is correct regarding power sharing?


A. It leads to conflict between different groups.
B. It ensures the stability of the country.
C. It helps to reduce the conflict between different groups.
(a) Only A is true
(b) Only B is true
(c) Both A and B are true
(d) Both B and C are true
Q2: 59 per cent of the country’s total population who speaks Dutch, lives in
………………………Region

Q3: Why did the Sri Lankan Tamils launch parties and struggle?
(a) to adopt majoritarianism
(b) to recognise Sinhalese as the only official language
(c) to recognise Tamil as an official language
(d) to dominate other language

Q4:The Belgium Model of Power Sharing is a policy of ……………….

Q5: What is a coalition government?


(a) power shared among different social group
(b) power shared among different levels of government
(c) power shared among different political parties
(d) power shared among different organs of government

Q6: Where is the Parliament of the European Union?


(a) Belgium
(b) Britain
(c) Germany
(d) France

Q7. After reading this chapter, three students drew different conclusions. Which of these do
you agree with and why? Give your reasons in about 50 words.
(a) Thommam : Power sharing is necessary only in societies which have religious, linguistic
or ethnic divisions.
(b) Mathayi: Power sharing is suited only for big countries that have regional divisions.
(c) Ouseph : Every society needs some form of power sharing even, if it is small or does not
have social divisions
Q7: …………………. community is in majority in Sri Lanka?
(a) Tamil
(b) Sinhala
(c) Buddhist
(d) Hindu
Q8. Correct the following statement and rewrite:
In Srilanka, an Act was passed in 1956 to recognise Tamil as the only official language,
disregarding Sinhala.

Q9.Correct the following statement and rewrite: Belgium is a small country in Europe and
share borders with France, Italy, Germany and Luxembourg.

Q10. Read the following passage and pick out any one of the prudential reasons for
power sharing offered in this.
"We need to give more power to the panchayats to realise the dream of Mahatma
Gandhi and the hopes of the makers of our Constitution. Panchayati Raj establishes true
democracy. It restores power to the only place where power belongs in a democracy -in
the hands of the people. Giving power to Panchayats is also a way to reduce corruption
and increase administrative efficiency. When people participate in the planning and
implementation of developmental schemes, they would naturally exercise greater
control over these schemes. This would eliminate the corrupt middlemen. Thus,
Panchayati Raj will strengthen the foundations of our democracy."

Q.11………………………..languages are scheduled in the Indian Constitution.

Q12. Consider the following statements about power sharing arrangements in Belgium and Sri
Lanka. a. In Belgium, the Dutch-speaking majority people tried to impose their
domination on the minority French-speaking community. b. In Sri Lanka, the policies of
government sought to ensure the dominance of the Sinhala speaking majority. c. 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. d. 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 above are correct?
(a) A, B, C and D
(b) A, B and D
(c) C and D
(d) B, C and D
Q13: Which of the following is very important factor for better understanding between
Centre and State’s Government?
(a) Emergence of regional political party
(b) the beginning of the era of coalition government
(c) when no single party got a clear majority
(d) all the above factors

Q14: Why is there a need for third level of government in India?


(a) a large number of problems and issues which are best settled at the local level
(b) Indian states are large and internally very diverse
(c) a & b
(d) none of above.

Q15: How many people speak French and Dutch in the capital city of Brussels?
(a) 60 percent French 40 percent Dutch
(b) 50% Dutch 50% French
(c) 80% French 20% Dutch
(d) 80% Dutch 20% French

Q16: Which is the only official language of Sri Lanka?


(a) Tamil
(b) Malyalam
(c) Sinhala
(d) none of the mentioned above

Q17: Which community was rich and powerful in Belgium?


(a) German
(b) French
(c) Dutch
(d) none of the mentioned above

Q18. The Mayor of Merchtem, a town near Brussels in Belgium, has defended a ban on
speaking French in the town's schools. He said that the ban would help all non-Dutch speakers
integrate in this Flemish town. Do you think that this measure is in keeping with the spirit of
Belgium's power sharing arrangements? Give your reasons in about 50 words

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