Question 1 :
Which Article of Indian Constitution prescribes Hindi in Devanagari script as the official language of the Union?

Question 2 :
The first state in the Indian Union formed on the basis of linguistic differences is ___________.

Question 4 :
Which of the following statement/s is/are true about federal system ?<br>A. All federations have a similar scheme of distribution of powers.<br>B. The origins of different federations are dissimilar.<br>C. Federalism promotes unity at the cost of diversity.<br>D. Federalism promotes unity in diversity.

Question 5 :
India is a federal state because its Constitution provides for ___________________.

Question 6 :
All revenues received by the Union Government by way of taxes and other receipts for the conduct of Government business are credited to the ________________.

Question 7 :
Under the Indian Constitution the residuary powers are enjoyed by the ______________.

Question 8 :
A subject is said to be in the concurrent list when a law can be passed on it by ________________.

Question 11 :
The state governments were rescued in power sharing by the ______.

Question 13 :
In 'holding together federation' which government tends to be more powerful?

Question 14 :
Our Constitution has provided for a central government and many state governments. It has also distributed powers between the centre and the states. Therefore, ours is a ____________.

Question 16 :
A government in which different social groups are given&#160;the power to handle the affairs related to their communities is called&#160; ________________.

Question 18 :
Sharing of power among different levels of government is known as the _________________.

Question 21 :
Which one of the following cannot be called a majoritarian measure adopted by the Sri Lankan government ?

Question 22 :
Consider the following statements about power-sharing arrangements in Belgium and Sri Lanka. <br/>A. In Belgium, the Dutch-speaking majority people tried to impose their domination on the minority French-speaking community.<br/>B. In Sri Lanka, the policies of the government sought to ensure the dominance of the Sinhala-speaking majority.<br/>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.<br/>D. The transformation of Belgium from the unitary government to a federal one prevented a possible division of the country on linguistic lines.<br/>Which of the statements given above are correct?<br/>

Question 25 :
What is the proportion of Tamilians in the total population of Sri Lanka?