What was the difference between the policies adopted by Belgium and Sri Lanka regarding power sharing arrangements?

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Belgium is a small country in Western Europe with complex ethnic composition. Of the country's total population, 59 percent speak Dutch language, 40 percent speak French and 1 percent speak German.
Inspite of these diversities, the leaders of Belgium decided to make an arrangement for power sharing. Between 1970 and 1993, they amended their Constitution four times.
The Constitution provides that the number of Dutch and French speaking ministers shall be equal in the Central Government and the State Governments. The State Governments are not subordinate to the Central Government.
Contrary to it, leaders of the Sinhala community in Sri Lanka sought to secure dominance over government by virtue of their majority and refused to share power with the Tamils.
The democratically elected government adopting majoritarian measures declared 'Sinhala' as the only official language and 'Buddhism' as state religion.

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Q. Consider the following statements about the power-sharing arrangement in Belgium and Sri Lanka and choose the correct code.
a. In Belgium, the Dutch-speaking majority people tried to impose their domination on the minority French-speaking community.
b. In Sri Lanka, the policies of government sought to ensure the dominance of Sinhala -speaking majority.
c. The Tamils in Sri Lanka demanded a federal arrangement of power -sharing to protect their culture, language and equal opportunity in education and jobs.
d. The transformation of Belgium from the unitary government to a federal one prevented a possible division of the country on linguistic lines.

Q. Consider the following statements about power-sharing arrangements in Belgium and Sri Lanka.
A. In Belgium, the Dutch-speaking majority people tried to impose their domination on the minority French-speaking community.
B. In Sri Lanka, the policies of the government sought to ensure the dominance of the Sinhala-speaking majority.
C. The Tamils in Sri Lanka demanded a federal arrangement of power sharing to protect their culture, language, and equality of opportunity in education and jobs.
D. The transformation of Belgium from the unitary government to a federal one prevented a possible division of the country on linguistic lines.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

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

Α. In Belgium, the Dutch-speaking majority people tried to impose their domination on the minority French-speaking community.

B. In Sri Lanka, the policies of the government sought to ensure the dominance of the Sinhala-speaking majority.

C. The Tamils in Sri Lanka demanded a federal arrangement of power sharing to protect their culture, language and equality of opportunity in education and jobs.

D. The transformation of Belgium from unitary government to a federal one prevented a possible division of the country on linguistic lines.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

(a) A, B, C and D

(b) A, B and D

(d) B, C and D

Q. The social and ethnic crisis in Sri Lanka can be solved through power sharing among different ______________.

Q. S1: The Tamils were the majority community in Sri Lanka. S2: The Tamils in Sri Lanka demanded a federal arrangement of power sharing. Select the correct option with respect to the above statements.

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