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People of Belgium's Wallonia region speak:Read the answer and worked solution →In the Belgian capital Brussels, what share of people speak French?Read the answer and worked solution →The Sinhala-speakers make up what share of Sri Lanka's population?Read the answer and worked solution →Tamil-speakers make up what share of Sri Lanka's population?Read the answer and worked solution →Tamils whose forefathers came from India as plantation workers are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Most Sinhala-speaking people of Sri Lanka follow:Read the answer and worked solution →Sri Lanka emerged as an independent country in:Read the answer and worked solution →In which year did Sri Lanka pass an Act recognising Sinhala as the only official language?Read the answer and worked solution →Sri Lanka's new constitution stipulated that the state shall protect and foster:Read the answer and worked solution →The independent state demanded by Sri Lankan Tamil organisations in the 1980s was:Read the answer and worked solution →Sri Lanka's civil war ended in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Between 1970 and 1993, Belgium amended its constitution how many times to accommodate diversity?Read the answer and worked solution →In Belgium's central government, the number of Dutch and French-speaking ministers must be:Read the answer and worked solution →A Belgian government elected by people of one language community, wherever they live, is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Brussels was chosen as the headquarters of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Reasons for power sharing based on careful calculation of gains and losses are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Germany's 2005 grand coalition joined the Social Democratic Party with the:Read the answer and worked solution →Under Lebanon's power-sharing pact, the President must belong to which community?Read the answer and worked solution →The belief that the majority community should rule a country as it wishes, disregarding minorities, is:Read the answer and worked solution →A basic principle of democracy is that the source of all political power is:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch Sri Lanka's communitiesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Belgium wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the power sharing numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the Sri Lanka wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Belgium or Sri LankaRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the three countriesRead the answer and worked solution →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 →

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People of Belgium's Wallonia region speak:

  1. French
  2. Dutch
  3. German
  4. Flemish
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Correct answer: A. French

1. The Flemish region speaks Dutch. 2. Wallonia speaks French. 3. French speakers were relatively rich and powerful. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics II, Chapter 1, Power Sharing._

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In the Belgian capital Brussels, what share of people speak French?

  1. 40 per cent
  2. 80 per cent
  3. 20 per cent
  4. 59 per cent
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Correct answer: B. 80 per cent

1. The Dutch majority nationally is a minority in Brussels. 2. 80 per cent of Brussels speaks French. 3. This made Brussels a special problem. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics II, Chapter 1, Power Sharing._

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The Sinhala-speakers make up what share of Sri Lanka's population?

  1. 13 per cent
  2. 7 per cent
  3. 74 per cent
  4. 18 per cent
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Correct answer: C. 74 per cent

1. Tamil-speakers are 18 per cent. 2. Sinhala-speakers are 74 per cent. 3. Most Sinhala speakers are Buddhists. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics II, Chapter 1, Power Sharing._

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