Check Point 01

Q. 1. Which minority community is relatively rich and powerful in Belgium?

Q. 2. Name two sub-group of Tamils residing in Sri Lanka.

Q. 3. In which region does the Dutch constitute as a majority and minority?

Q. 4. What type of governments prevails in Belgium?

Check Point 02

Q. 1. What are federal governments?

Q. 2. What is a legitimate government?

Q. 3. What is the source of political power in a democracy?

Q. 4. How does the power-sharing occur in the community governments?

Q. 1. What is a civil war?

Q. 2. Which type of distribution of power sharing is called a system of check and balances?

Q. 3. What is a reserved constituency?

Q. 4. Who are the Indian Tamil in Sri Lanka?

Q. 5. What is the percentage of German speaking people in Belgium?

Q. 6. What is the state religion of Sri Lanka?

Q. 7. What is the percentage of the Christian population in Sri Lanka?

Q. 8. What was LTTE?

Q. 9. Who was responsible for the formation of LTTE in Sri Lanka?

Q. 10. What is the percentage of Indian Tamil in the overall Sri Lankan population?

Q. 11. What is the meaning of Tamil Eelam?

Q. 12. What is the difference between prudential and moral reasons for power sharing?

Q. 13. What do you understand by the term power sharing? Explain.

Q. 14. Is Flemish language used in Belgium as a separate language? Why?

Q. 15. What values does power-sharing exhibit in a country?

Q. 16. What were the two main causes of resentment in Belgium in 1960? How was the conflict solved?

Q. 17. Why is power sharing desirable? Give any three prudential reasons.

Q. 18. Explain the significance of ‘Democracy’ in details.

Q. 19. What impact would lack ‘Power-sharing’ have on the country?

Q. 20. What arrangements were worked out by the Belgium leaders to an accommodate regional difference and cultural diversities?