Subject Experts Solutions for Chapter: Power Sharing and Federalism, Exercise 1: Target Exercise

Sri Lanka emerged as an independent country in the year:

Power sharing is desirable because:

Community Government is elected by:

In the context of Belgium which one of the following is true?

According to which Act Sinhala recognise as the only official language of Sri Lanka?

Consider the following statements about power-sharing arrangements in Sri Lanka and Belgium

1. In Belgium, the Dutch-speaking majority people tried to impose their domination on the minority French-speaking community.
2. In Sri Lanka, the policy of government generally benefits the dominance of Sinhala speaking majority.
3. In Sri Lanka, Tamil demanded a federal arrangement of power-sharing.
4. The transformation of Belgium from a unitary government to a federal one prevented a possible division of the country on the linguistic line.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. Panchayat works under the overall supervision of the Gram Sabha.
2. Gram Sabha meets at least twice or thrice a year.
3. All the Panchayat Samiti or Mandals in a district together constitutes Zilla Parishad.
4. Few Gram panchayats are grouped together to form called Panchayat Samiti or Block Mandal.

Which of the above statements are correct?

Distinguishing feature of a Federal government is