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Andhra Pradesh SSC (Class 10) Power Sharing and Federalism — practice questions

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In Belgium, the Dutch-speaking (Flemish) community forms what share of the country's population?Read the answer and worked solution →In the Belgian capital Brussels, the majority of people speak:Read the answer and worked solution →In Sri Lanka, the major social group, the Sinhala-speakers, form about:Read the answer and worked solution →In 1956, the Sri Lankan government passed an Act recognising which language as the only official language?Read the answer and worked solution →Majoritarianism is the belief that:Read the answer and worked solution →Between 1970 and 1993, the Belgian leaders amended their constitution:Read the answer and worked solution →A violent conflict between opposing groups within a country that becomes as intense as a war is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →The civil war in Sri Lanka finally ended in the year:Read the answer and worked solution →Sri Lanka emerged as an independent country in the year:Read the answer and worked solution →The sharing of power among the legislature, executive and judiciary is called the ___ distribution of power:Read the answer and worked solution →The sharing of power among governments at different levels — central, state and local — is the ___ division of power:Read the answer and worked solution →The prudential reason for power sharing emphasises that it:Read the answer and worked solution →The term 'ethnic' refers to a social division based on:Read the answer and worked solution →Federalism is a system of government in which power is divided between:Read the answer and worked solution →Subjects on which only the Union (central) government can make laws are placed in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Subjects of state and local importance, such as police and agriculture, are placed in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Subjects on which both the Centre and the states can make laws are placed in the:Read the answer and worked solution →If a Union law and a state law on a Concurrent List subject conflict, the law that prevails is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Subjects that do not fall in any of the three lists (residuary subjects) are assigned to the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Indian Constitution describes the country as a:Read the answer and worked solution →The third tier of government in India consists of:Read the answer and worked solution →The practice of taking power away from the central and state governments and giving it to local government is called:Read the answer and worked solution →A federation has how many levels of government?Read the answer and worked solution →India and Belgium, where a large country brought together existing states, are examples of the ___ type of federation:Read the answer and worked solution →The USA, where independent states came together to form a union, is an example of the ___ type of federation:Read the answer and worked solution →Rural local self-government bodies in India are collectively known as:Read the answer and worked solution →As per your syllabus, what year did Sri Lanka pass the act recognising SINHALA as the ONLY official language — disregarding Tamil?Read the answer and worked solution →As per your syllabus, 'Khalil's dilemma', LEBANON's power-sharing rules require the President to be of which sect?Read the answer and worked solution →As per your syllabus, how many languages are now SCHEDULED LANGUAGES (Eighth Schedule) of the Indian Constitution?Read the answer and worked solution →As per your syllabus, 2011 Census table, what is HINDI's share as a mother tongue in India?Read the answer and worked solution →

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In Belgium, the Dutch-speaking (Flemish) community forms what share of the country's population?

  1. 59 per cent
  2. 20 per cent
  3. 74 per cent
  4. 40 per cent
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Correct answer: A. 59 per cent

59% of Belgians are Dutch-speaking (Flemish region); 40% French (Wallonia), 1% German.

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In the Belgian capital Brussels, the majority of people speak:

  1. English
  2. French
  3. Dutch
  4. German
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Correct answer: B. French

In Brussels 80% speak French, reversing the national majority — the crux of Belgium's problem.

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In Sri Lanka, the major social group, the Sinhala-speakers, form about:

  1. 18 per cent of the population
  2. 74 per cent of the population
  3. 40 per cent of the population
  4. 59 per cent of the population
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Correct answer: B. 74 per cent of the population

Sinhala-speakers are 74%; Tamil-speakers 18%.

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