Question 1 :
India is a federal state because its Constitution provides for ___________________.

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

Question 3 :
Funds belonging to the Government of India are kept in ______________.

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

Question 7 :
The list which includes subjects of national importancesuch as defence of the country, foreign affairs, banking, communications and currency.

Question 10 :
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below it.<br/>&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; List-I &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; List-II<br/>A. &#160;Union of India &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; (i) &#160;The Prime minister<br/>B. &#160;State &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;(ii) &#160;Sarpanch<br/>C. &#160;Municipal corporation &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;(iii) The Governor<br/>D. &#160;Gram Panchayat &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; (iv) &#160;Mayor

Question 11 :
India borrowed the idea of federal system with a strong centre from __________.<br/>

Question 13 :
'Mark one of the correct features of the 'Holding together' federation __________________.

Question 14 :
Which of the following statements is not correct regarding unitary government?

Question 15 :
India is a Union of States and the powers are distributed between the Centre and the States by the _________.

Question 16 :
The real success of federalism in India can be attributed to the nature of _________ in our country.

Question 17 :
Under the Indian Constitution the residuary powers are enjoyed by the ______________.

Question 19 :
India is a federal state because its Constitution provides for&#160; ________.<br/>

Question 20 :
In 'holding together federation' which government tends to be more powerful?

Question 21 :
Which one of the following is not a feature of a Federal system of government?

Question 24 :
A subject is said to be in the concurrent list when a law can be passed on it by ________________.

Question 26 :
Which one of the following communities is not related to Sri Lanka?

Question 27 :
A type of government in which many political parties join together to prove their majority in the house ______________.

Question 30 :
Which of the following statements/s is/are true?<br>A. India is among the bottom group of nations in the world when it comes to the representation of women in legislatures.<br>B. Women in the Arab countries are most active in public life.<br>C. India has lesser representation of women in legislatures as compared to Sub-SaharanAfrica.<br>D. The share of women in legislative assemblies in India is lower than that of theirrepresentation in Parliament.

Question 31 :
In Srilanka, after independence, the leaders of Sinhala community in order to establish Sinhala supremacy adopted series of____________.

Question 34 :
The political reason behind the conflicts in Sri Lanka is _________________.

Question 35 :
Which one of the following languages was recognized as the official language of Sri Lanka in 1956?

Question 36 :
Which one of the following were the two super powers in the world up to 1991 ?

Question 37 :
Federalism is a system of government in which the power is _____________________.

Question 40 :
Consider the following two statements on power sharing and select the answer using the codes given below:<br>A. Power sharing is good for democracy.<br>B. It helps to reduce the possibility of conflict between social groups.<br>Which of these statements are true and false?<br>

Question 48 :
Which one of the following cannot be called a majoritarian measure adopted by the Sri Lankan government ?

Question 49 :
What was the most serious demand of the Sri Lankan Tamils which resulted in a civil war in Sri Lanka?

Question 50 :
The religion which is practiced by 7 percent of Sri lankan population is ___________________ .