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Class 10 Social Science: Power Sharing Worksheet (with Answers)

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  1. 1. Power sharing among the legislature, executive and judiciary is:
    • (a) horizontal
    • (b) vertical
    • (c) communal
    • (d) regional
  2. 2. Sri Lanka's policy favouring the majority was:
    • (a) accommodation
    • (b) majoritarianism
    • (c) federalism
    • (d) coalition
  3. 3. Sharing power among central, state and local governments is:
    • (a) horizontal
    • (b) moral
    • (c) vertical
    • (d) social
  4. 4. The reason that power sharing reduces conflict is:
    • (a) moral
    • (b) religious
    • (c) economic
    • (d) prudential
  5. 5. What is majoritarianism?
  6. 6. Give the prudential reason for power sharing.
  7. 7. Compare the experiences of Belgium and Sri Lanka in dealing with social diversity.
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  1. 1. (a) horizontal — Among organs at the same level, it is horizontal.
  2. 2. (b) majoritarianism — It followed majoritarianism.
  3. 3. (c) vertical — Among levels, it is vertical power sharing.
  4. 4. (d) prudential — Reducing conflict is a prudential reason.
  5. 5. The belief that the majority community should rule as it wishes.
  6. 6. It reduces conflict between groups and ensures political stability.
  7. 7. Belgium and Sri Lanka are both diverse societies, but they handled their diversity very differently. Belgium has Dutch, French and German speaking communities living in different regions, and it chose a path of accommodation: its leaders amended the constitution several times to share power between the communities and regions, even creating a special 'community government' elected by people belonging to one language group. As a result, Belgium has remained united and peaceful. Sri Lanka, by contrast, adopted majoritarianism after independence: it made Sinhala the only official language, favoured the majority Sinhala community in jobs and education, and protected Buddhism, while ignoring the demands of the Tamil minority. This sense of injustice led to a long and bitter civil war. The comparison shows that accommodating all communities preserves unity, while domination by the majority breeds conflict.
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