Question 1 :
A government in which different social groups are given the power to handle the affairs related to their communities is called  ________________.
Question 2 :
Between 1970 and 1993, in order to work out an arrangement that would enable every community to live in Belgium, the Belgians _________.
Question 10 :
In Srilanka, after independence, the leaders of Sinhala community in order to establish Sinhala supremacy adopted series of____________.
Question 12 :
Which of the following country has the headquarter of the European Union?
Question 15 :
What was the most serious demand of the Sri Lankan Tamils which resulted in a civil war in Sri Lanka?
Question 17 :
Power is shared among different organs of government, such as the legislature, executive and judiciary. This system of power sharing can also be termed as ___________________.
Question 18 :
Which type of social diversity or division do we find in Belgium?
Question 19 :
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 20 :
Sharing of power among different levels of government is known as the _________________.
Question 21 :
Which one of the following were the two super powers in the world up to 1991 ?
Question 25 :
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 26 : Match List I (forms of power sharing) with List II (forms of government) and select the correct answer using the codes given below in the lists:<br/><table class="wysiwyg-table"><tbody><tr><td><br/></td><td>List I<br/></td><td><br/></td><td>List II<br/></td></tr><tr><td>1<br/></td><td>Power shared among different organs of government</td><td>A<br/></td><td>Community government</td></tr><tr><td>2<br/></td><td>Power shared among governments at different levels</td><td>B<br/></td><td>Separation of powers</td></tr><tr><td>3<br/></td><td>Power shared by different social groups</td><td>C<br/></td><td>Coalition government</td></tr><tr><td>4<br/></td><td>Power shared by two or more political parties</td><td>D<br/></td><td>Federal government</td></tr></tbody></table><br/>
Question 27 :
Which one of the following cannot be called a majoritarian measure adopted by the Sri Lankan government ?
Question 28 :
Federalism is a system of government in which the power is _____________________.
Question 29 :
The horizontal distribution of power sharing takes place between the _________________.
Question 31 :
The concept of power sharing is based on the principle of ______________.
Question 32 :
Which form of power sharing is also termed as vertical division of power?
Question 33 :
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 35 :
The religion which is practiced by 7 percent of Sri lankan population is ___________________ .
Question 38 :
Which one of the following languages was recognized as the official language of Sri Lanka in 1956?
Question 39 :
Which one of the following communities is not related to Sri Lanka?
Question 40 :
How many times was Belgium constitution amended between 1970 to 1993?
Question 41 :
The political reason behind the conflicts in Sri Lanka is _________________.
Question 45 :
A type of government in which many political parties join together to prove their majority in the house ______________.
Question 47 :
India is a federal state because its Constitution provides for ___________________.
Question 48 :
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 49 :
The first state in the Indian Union formed on the basis of linguistic differences is ___________.
Question 51 :
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 52 :
Which Article of Indian Constitution prescribes Hindi in Devanagari script as the official language of the Union?
Question 53 :
Funds belonging to the Government of India are kept in ______________.
Question 54 :
Which of the following determines that the Indian Constitution is federal ?
Question 55 :
The better ways to resolve conflicts in a society is provided by the _______________.
Question 56 :
Which of the following statements is not correct regarding unitary government?
Question 57 :
The real success of federalism in India can be attributed to the nature of _________ in our country.
Question 58 :
Which one of the following subjects is included in the state list?
Question 59 :
In which of the following lists of Indian constitution is the subject of 'population' control and family planning included?
Question 60 :
Both the union as well as the state governments can make laws on the subjects mentioned in ___________ list.
Question 61 :
India is a Union of States and the powers are distributed between the Centre and the States by the _________.
Question 62 :
The state governments were rescued in power sharing by the ______.
Question 66 :
Besides Hindi, there are _______other languages recognised as Scheduled Languages by the constitution.
Question 67 :
All money received by or on behalf of the Government of India are credited to _______________.
Question 68 :
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 70 :
In India, the relationship between the Centre and the States were deteriorated because of _______________ .
Question 71 :
Mark the correct combination of countries with the federal form of government.
Question 72 :
Which one of the following subjects is not included in the Union List.
Question 73 :
The number of subjects listed in the Union list of Indian Constitution is ____________.
Question 74 :
The federal form of government was first established in the _________________.
Question 75 : <p>Which of the following country is an example for 'holding together' federations?</p>
Question 76 :
Which of the following subjects is included in the union list?
Question 77 :
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below it.<br/>        List-I                                                         List-II<br/>A.  Union of India                                     (i)  The Prime minister<br/>B.  State                                                    (ii)  Sarpanch<br/>C.  Municipal corporation                        (iii) The Governor<br/>D.  Gram Panchayat                                 (iv)  Mayor
Question 78 :
A subject is said to be in the concurrent list when a law can be passed on it by ________________.
Question 81 :
India is a federal state because its Constitution provides for  ________.<br/>
Question 85 :
'Mark one of the correct features of the 'Holding together' federation __________________.
Question 86 :
Mark the correct statement related to the 'Coming together' federations ________________.
Question 87 :
Subjects of national importance such as defence, railway, banking are listed under the _________.
Question 88 :
______ is a system of government in which the power is divided between central authority and various constituents of the country.
Question 93 :
India borrowed the idea of federal system with a strong centre from __________.<br/>
Question 94 :
The list which includes subjects of national importancesuch as defence of the country, foreign affairs, banking, communications and currency.
Question 95 :
Idea of concurrent list in Indian constitution was borrowed from ___________.
Question 98 : <p>In which of the following states, Indians who are not residents of that state, are not allowed to buy property of any form?</p>
Question 99 :
Any changes in the power sharing arrangement can be done by _______________.
Question 103 :
The Constitution has rested the residuary powers with the centre. But the final authority to decide whether a matter falls under residuary powers or not rests with __________.
