Power Sharing Quiz — 7 Free Questions

Question 1

What often results from unresolved social conflict, according to the prudential argument?

Question 2

Which country's community government, seen earlier in this chapter, is a good example of power sharing among social groups?

Question 3

Quick review: The Dutch-speaking region of Belgium is called what?

Question 4

Most Sinhala people in Sri Lanka follow which religion?

Question 5

Roughly what fraction of Belgium's population speaks Dutch?

Question 6

Which reason for power sharing would most directly support the idea that it avoids the perpetual dominance of one group?

Question 7

What is the fourth broad form of power sharing described in this chapter?

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About Power Sharing

This quiz covers Chapter 1 of CBSE Class 10 Political Science (Democratic Politics II), Power Sharing.

It opens with the case study of Belgium, a small European country that resolved deep linguistic and regional divisions through a careful, multi-layered power-sharing arrangement.

It then covers the case study of Sri Lanka, where majoritarian policies towards the Sinhala and Tamil communities led to decades of ethnic conflict and civil war.

It moves on to why power sharing is desirable, covering both the prudential reason of reducing conflict and the moral reason that power sharing is the very spirit of democracy.

It covers the horizontal distribution of power among the legislature, executive, and judiciary, and the vertical division of power between national, regional, and local governments.

It closes with power sharing among different social groups, such as Belgium's community government, and among political parties, pressure groups, and movements, such as in a coalition government.

Every question comes with a clear, simple explanation, so incorrect answers become as instructive as correct ones, whether you are revising for a school test or a board exam.