Lesson - 1: Power - Sharing MCQs for Class-10 Political Science

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 MCQs for Class-X Democratic Politics-II

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1) Belgium shares its borders with:
a) Turkey

b) Netherlands

c) Scotland

d) Italy

b) Netherlands ( Pg. no.: 2 )

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2) Who are the minority community in the capital city Brussels?
a) German

b) French

c) Dutch

d) Tamil

c) Dutch ( Pg. no.: 2 )

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3) What percent are the SriLankan Tamils in SriLanka ?
a) 23

b) 25

c) 27

d) 13

d) 13 ( Pg. no.: 3 )

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4) Whose forefathers came from India as plantation workers during colonial period are called?
a) Srilankan Tamil

b) Indian Tamil

c) Sinhalese

d) Muslim

b) Indian Tamil ( Pg. no.: 3 )

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5) Most of the Sinhala speaking people are:
a) Buddhists

b) Muslims

c) Christians

d) Hindus

a) Buddhists ( Pg. no.: 3 )

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6) Sri Lanka emerged as an independent country in which year?
a) 1947

b) 1946

c) 1948

d) 1945

c)1948 ( Pg. no.: 3 )

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7) The series of majoritarian measures adopted by the democratically elected government in Sri Lanka led to ?
a) Suppression of Sri Lankan Tamils

b) Establishment of Sinhala supermacy

c) To increase the feeling of alienation among the Sri Lankan Tamils

d) To Provoke the Sri Lankan Tamils

B) ( Pg. no.: 3 )

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8) What led to the gradual increase in the feeling of alienation among the Sri Lankan Tamils?
a) An act to recognise Sinhala as the only official language

b) Preferencial policies that favoured Sinhala applicant for University positions and government jobs

c) A new constitution to protect and foster Buddhism

d) All of the above

d) All of the above ( Pg. no.: 3 )

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9) The relations between the Sinhala and Tamil communities strained over time due to ?
a) They felt that none of the major political parties led by the Buddhist Sinhala leaders was sensitive to their language and culture

b) They felt discriminated

c) Both a & b

d) None of the above

c) Both a & b ( Pg. no.: 3 )

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10) By 1980s several political organisations were formed demanding
a) An independent Tamil Eelam in northern and eastern parts of Sri Lanka

b) Recognition of Tamil as an official language

c) Regional autonomy

d) All of the above

a) An independent Tamil Eelam in northern and eastern parts of Sri Lanka ( Pg. no.: 4 )

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11) In which year was Sinhala promoted as the National Language by Sri Lanka?
a) 1948

b) 1956

c) 2009

d) 1947

b) 1956 ( Pg. no.: 3 )

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12) By which year the civil war come to end ?
a) 2009

b) 2008

c) 2010

d) 2006

a) 2009 ( Pg. no.: 4 )

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13) Community Government is elected by people belonging to one language community.
a) False

b) True

c) May be

d) Cannot say

b) True ( Pg. no.: 5 )

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14) Which is the Headquarters of European Union?
a) France

b) Germany

c) Brussels

d) Belgium

c) Brussels ( Pg. no.: 5 )

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15) Between 1970 and 1993, how many times Belgium amended their constitution?
a) 1

b) 2

c) 3

d) 4

d) 4 ( Pg. no.: 4 )

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16) By which year were several political organizations formed for demanding an independent Tamil Eelam?
a) 1940s

b) 1950s

c) 1970s

d) 1980s

d) 1980s ( Pg. no.: 4 )

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17) Assertion ( A ): Sri Lanka has a very poor record of economic development, education and health.
Reason ( R ): The Civil War had created a major setback to the development of the nation.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A

c) A is true but R is false

d) A is false but R is true

d) A is false but R is true ( Pg. no.: 4 )

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18) The Belgian model for solving the problem between the two communities was:
a) Simple but did not work well

b) Simple but worked well

c) Complex but worked well

d) Complex but did not work well

c) Complex but worked well ( Pg. no.: 5 )

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19) Tyranny of the majority brings ruin to the:
a) Minority

b) Majority

c) Both

d) None

c) Both ( Pg. no.: 6 )

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20) The prudential reasons stress on the fact that:
a) Power Sharing will bring out better outcomes

b) Power Sharing is valuable

c) People have a righ to be consulted on how they are to be governed

d) All of these

a)Power Sharing will bring out better outcomes ( Pg. no.: 6 ) Remember that prudential reasons are different than moral reasons.

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