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Power Sharing
Social Science · CBSE Class 10 · English Medium · 20 questions and answers
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- Q: What is power sharing?
- A: Power sharing is the distribution of power among various organs of government and different levels and social groups, so that no single group or organ holds all the power.
- Q: What is the ethnic composition of Belgium?
- A: In Belgium, 59% of the population lives in the Flemish region and speaks Dutch, 40% lives in the Wallonia region and speaks French, and the rest 1% speak German; in Brussels 80% speak French and 20% Dutch.
- Q: What is the social/ethnic situation in Sri Lanka?
- A: In Sri Lanka the major social groups are the Sinhala-speakers (74%) and the Tamil-speakers (18%); Tamils are divided into Sri Lankan Tamils and Indian Tamils; most Sinhala are Buddhist while Tamils are Hindu or Muslim.
- Q: What was the Sri Lankan majoritarianism / Sinhala Only policy?
- A: In 1956 an Act recognised Sinhala as the only official language, gave preference to Sinhala applicants for government jobs and protected Buddhism, disregarding the Tamils; this is majoritarianism.
- Q: What is majoritarianism?
- A: 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.
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