Class X
Political Science
Chapter 1: Power Sharing
- Explain the ethnic composition of Sri Lanka and Belgium?
- What is majoritianism?
- How was majoritarianism practiced in Sri Lanka? Discuss.
- Explain four points regarding the Belgian model of accommodation.
- How was the Brussels Government constituted? Explain
- Why is power-sharing desirable?
- State one prudential reason and one moral reason for power-sharing with an example from the Indian context
- What are the different forms of power-sharing in modern democracies? Give four points.
- Power-sharing is the very spirit of democracy. Do you agree?
- Power-sharing is good for democracy. True or False.
- Power-sharing helps to reduce the possibility of conflict between social groups. True or False.
- Power-sharing is necessary only in societies which have religious, linguistic or ethnic divisions. Do you agree with this? Why? yes
- Which are the majority and minority groups in Sri-Lanka?
- Explain the meaning of ‘federal division of power.’(vertical &horizantal)
- Describe the demands made by the Tamilians in Srilanka.
- Describe The Benefits Of Power Sharing To Social Groups, Lingual, Group And Religious Groups?
- Apart from the Central and the State governments, which is the third type of government practised in Belgium?
- After independence, Sri Lanka witnessed the supremacy of which community?
