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Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Power sharing bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Vertical division of power among different levels of government is most commonly called:Read the answer and worked solution →In 1993 Belgium shifted from a unitary to which form of government?Read the answer and worked solution →Sri Lanka, for all practical purposes, remains a:Read the answer and worked solution →How many of the world's 193 countries have federal political systems?Read the answer and worked solution →In a federation, disputes between levels of government are settled by the:Read the answer and worked solution →The USA, Switzerland and Australia are examples of which kind of federation?Read the answer and worked solution →India, Spain and Belgium are examples of which kind of federation?Read the answer and worked solution →The Constitution declares India to be a:Read the answer and worked solution →The third tier of Indian federalism was added in the form of:Read the answer and worked solution →Defence, foreign affairs, banking, communications and currency fall in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Police, trade, commerce, agriculture and irrigation fall in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Education, forest, trade unions and marriage fall in which list, open to both Union and States?Read the answer and worked solution →If Union and State laws on a Concurrent subject conflict, whose law prevails?Read the answer and worked solution →Subjects in no list, like computer software, are legislated on by the Union under which powers?Read the answer and worked solution →Assam, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram enjoy special powers under which Article?Read the answer and worked solution →Chandigarh, Lakshadweep and the capital city of Delhi are examples of:Read the answer and worked solution →Changing the Union-State power arrangement needs a two-thirds majority in Parliament and ratification by legislatures of at least:Read the answer and worked solution →Hindi is the mother tongue of only about what share of Indians, per the first figure given?Read the answer and worked solution →According to the Constitution, the use of English for official purposes was to stop in:Read the answer and worked solution →The era of coalition governments at the Centre began after:Read the answer and worked solution →The 2011 Census found how many major languages in India?Read the answer and worked solution →Scheduled Languages are listed in which Schedule of the Constitution?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Union List subjectsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the federal countriesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the federalism numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the federal termsRead the answer and worked solution →Union List or State ListRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the three listsRead the answer and worked solution →

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Questions
  1. Answer
    59
    Question
    Per cent of Belgians in the Dutch-speaking Flemish region
  2. Answer
    40
    Question
    Per cent of Belgians in French-speaking Wallonia
  3. Answer
    80
    Question
    Per cent of Brussels that speaks French
  4. Answer
    74
    Question
    Per cent of Sri Lankans who are Sinhala-speakers
  5. Answer
    18
    Question
    Per cent of Sri Lankans who are Tamil-speakers
  6. Answer
    4
    Question
    Times Belgium amended its constitution, 1970 to 1993
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_Source: syllabus Democratic Politics II, Chapter 1, Power Sharing._

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Power sharing bingo

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Clues and terms
  1. Clue
    Division based on shared culture.
    Item
    Ethnic
  2. Clue
    Majority rules as it wishes.
    Item
    Majoritarian
  3. Clue
    Violent conflict within a country.
    Item
    Civil war
  4. Clue
    Reason based on gains and losses.
    Item
    Prudential
  5. Clue
    Power sharing valued in itself.
    Item
    Moral
  6. Clue
    Dutch-speaking Belgians.
    Item
    Flemish
  7. Clue
    French-speaking Belgian region.
    Item
    Wallonia
  8. Clue
    Demanded Tamil state.
    Item
    Eelam
  9. Clue
    Rival parties govern together.
    Item
    Coalition
Instructions
Read each clue and tap the term it describes.
_Source: syllabus Democratic Politics II, Chapter 1, Power Sharing._

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Vertical division of power among different levels of government is most commonly called:

  1. Federalism
  2. Secularism
  3. Socialism
  4. Liberalism
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Correct answer: A. Federalism

1. It is a major form of power sharing. 2. This is federalism. 3. Power is divided between centre and units. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics II, Chapter 2, Federalism._

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