Choose and write the correct option in the following questions.

1. Which of the following describes a system of agriculture, where a single crop is grown on a
large area?
(a) Shilting agriculture (6) Plantation agriculture
)Horticulture (d) Intensive agriculture
2. Tick the characteristics of Commercial farming
(a) Plots ol land are fragmented.
(6) Transport and communication plays an
imporlant role.
() The yield is usually low.
d) The presure of populaion is high on land.
3. Choose the correctly matched pair about the agriculture in India from the following options:
(a) Rabi crops are sown -
October to December
(b) Gram - paddy crops

() Aus, Aman and Boro -

Government schemes
d) Kissan Credit Card - Increased the production

4. Which of the following pulses does not help in restoring soil fertility.
(a) Moong (6) CGram (c) Peas (d) Arhar
5. The crop that is used both, as food and fodder

(a) ragi (b) jowar () maize (d) none of these

6. Choose the correctly matched pair about the non-food crops in India from the following
options:
(a) Conon - Karnataka (b) Rubber - Assam

) Jue- UP (d) Fibre Crops -

Nicobar Isands
7. Which out of the following is a Zaid crop?
(a) Moon (6) Mustard ) Urad d) Watermelon
8. What is 'Boro'?
(a) Kharif crop (6) Zaicd erop ()Rabi crop (d) None of these
9. Jhumming in Brazil is called

(a) Ladang (b) Masole () Roca (d) None of these

10. Fill in the blank:

Kharif Rabi : barley, Zaid: watermelon
(a) gram (b) wheat (c) oilseeds (d) moong
11. Which one of the following is a Rabi crop?
a) Rice (6) Ciram ) Millets (d) Cotton
12. Which one of the following is a
leguminous crop?
(a) Pulses (6) Jawar (c) Millets (d) Sesamum
13. Which one of the following is announced by the government in support of a crop?
(a) Maximum support price (6) Minimum support price
() Moderate support price (d) Inlluential support price
14. Which of the following is not correct about plantation crop?
(0) In this type of farming, a single crop is grown on a large area.
(b) The plantation has an interface of agriculture and industry.
()Planation cover large tracts of land called estates.
(d) Farmers clear a palch of land by felling the trees and burning them, to produce cercals and
other food crops.

15. Which of the following are plantation crops?

(a) Rice and maize (6) Wheat and pulses
) Tea, coffee, banana and sugarcane (d) None of the above
16. The three crop seasons of India are-
(a) Aus, Aman and Boro (6) Rabi, Kharif and Zaid
(c) Baisakh, Paus and Chait dy None of the above
17. Rabi crops are
(a) sown in winter and harvested in summers.
(6) sown during rainy scason and harvested in winter.
(c) sown in summer and harvested in winter
(d) none of the above
18. Kharif crops are grown-
(a) with he onset of monsoon and harvested in September-0ctober.
(b) with the onset of winter and harvested in sur cr.

harvested in
()with the onset
of Autumn and summer.

(d) none of the above

19. The main food crop of Kharif season is-
(a) Mustard (b) Pulses c)Rice (d) Wheat

20. The main food crop of Rabi season is-

(a) Wheat (6) Rice c) Maie (d) Jowar
21. A short season in between Rabi and Kharif season is known as

(6) Boro () Zaid (d) None of the above

a) Aus

22. Important non-food crops of our country are

(6) Millets and pulses () Cotton and jute (d) None of the above
(a) Tea and colfee
23. Which is the main food crop of the eastern and southern parts of our country?

(6) Wheat () Maize (d) Sugarcane

(a) Rice
24. The two main wheat growing regions are

(a) The Ganga-Satluj plains and the Deccan trap

(6) North-Eastern part and Eastern-Coastal plains
() Deccan Plateau and Konkan Coast
(d) None of the above

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(a) 50 and 75 cm (b) About 200 cm
() 200 and 300 cm (d) Less than 20 cm

26. The third most important crop of our country is-

(a) Rice (b) Wheat ()Jowar (d) Ragi
27. Which state is the largest producer of bajra?
(a) Rajasthan (6) Maharashura
) Gujarat (d) Haryana
28. Which is the right condition for the growth of maize?
a) Temperature between 21 to 27 degrees Celsius and old alluvial soil
(6) Temperature below 17 degree Celsius and shallow black soil
)Temperature degrees Celsius and 200 cm of rainfall
of 25
(d) None of the above
29. Which of the following crops is a major source of protein in a vegetarian diet?
(a) Wheat ()1Rice () Pulses (d) Oilseeds

30. Which one of the following is not true for pulses?

(a) Pulses are grown in both rabi and kharif seasons.
(6) Pulses are leguminous crops.
()They arce grown in rotation with oher crops.
(d) Pulses rcquire intensive irrigation facilities
31. Which is the ideal condition for the growth of sugarcane?
(u) Temperature of 21l to 27 degrees Celsius and an annual rainfall between 75 cm and 100 cm
(6) Temperature below 17 degrees Celsius and 50 to 75 cm of rainfall
) Temperature of 25 degrees Celsius and 200 cm of rainfall
d) None of the above
32. What percentage of our cropped area is covered by oilseeds?
(a) 21% (6) 12% (c) 2% (d) 4%

33. Which of the following conditions spoil tea crop?

(a) Frequent showers evenly distributed over the year
(b) Frost free climate
)Deep fernile well drained soil
(d) Clayey soil which has high water holding capacity
34. Coffee cultivation was first introduced in
(a) Himalayas (b) Aravallis
) Garo Hills (d) Baba Buden Hills
35. Which of the following crops is an important raw material for automobile industry?
(a) Pulses (6) Ragi (c) Rubber (d) None of the above
36. Rearing of silk worms for the production of silk fibre is known as
(a) Sericulture (6) Aquaculture () Horticulture (d) Pisciculure
37. Which one of the following is known as golden fibre?
(a) Coton (6) Jute c) Hemp (d) Silk
38. Primitive subsistence farming is also known as-
(a) Mixed farming (6) Cooperative farming
(c) Slash and burn agriculture (d) Commercial farming

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39. Plantation agriculture is a type of-
(a) Subsistence larming (6) Commercial farming
() Mixed farming d) None of the above
40. How much India's population is engaged in agriculture?
(a) Two-thirds ) Half () One-thirds (d) Almost fifty percent
41. Over these years, cultivation methods have changed significantly depending upon the
characteristics of-
(a) Type of crop () Technological know-how
Type of scason (d) CGovernment intervention
42. Farming has varied from subsistence to, type.
(a) intensive (6) extensive (c) commercial (d) plantation
43. Agriculture is practiced on small patches of land with the help of primitive tools like hoe and
digging sticks, and family/community labour. What type of agriculture is this?
(a) Intensive (6) Primitive
)Extensive (d) Plantaion
44. What has been the main dependency of primitive farming?
(a) Monsoon (b) Labour
)Suitability of environment (d) Technical
45. type of agriculture is called 'slash and burn' agriculture?
Which
(a) Plantation (6) Intensive
) Primitive subsistence (d) Extensive
46. What among the following is the primitive subsistence farming?
(a) Large amount of labour
(6) When the soil fertihty decreases, the larmers shill and clear a fresh patch of land
(c) Canals are used
d) Use of fertilizers
47. What is slash and burn agriculture called in North Eastern states?
(a) Jhumming () Milpa (c) Masole (d) Ray
48. Intensive subsistence farming is_
(a) machine bascd
farming
() erop rotation
)labour intensive (d) soil consistent
49. Why is there pressure on agricultural land?
an enormous

(a) Due to the law of inheritance and division of land

(6) Overpopulation
() Small scale larmers are not able to earn livelihood
(d) Farmers of less land holdings are not able to allord the right technique
50. If rice is commercial crop in and
Haryana Punjab, in which state is it a subsistence crop?
(a) Madhya Pradesh (6) Maharashtra
(c) Odisha (d) Rajasthan
51. What the characteristics of
are
plantation farming?
(a) Muliple crops
(b) Using capital intensive inputs, with the help of migrant laborer
() The produce is used for various reasons
(d) Crop rotation on the same piece of land
 52. Name important plantation crop?
(a) Tea, collee, rubber, sugarcane and banana (6) Couon
) Wheat and rice (d) Nuts
53. Which state is known for growing tea?
(a) Assam (b) Shillong ( Meghalaya (d) Sikkimn
54. How many cropping seasons does India have?
(a) 4 (6) 2 (d) 3
)
55. When are Rabi crops harvested?
(a) October (6) April () December d) July
56. Identify the Rabi crop.
(a) Jowar (b)I lice () Soyabean (d) Peas
57. Which state is known for
growing rabi crops?
(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Rajasthan
) Odisha (d) Punjab
58. Availability of.
during winter months due to western
temperate cyclones helps
in the success of Rabi crops.
(a) monsoons (6) precipitation (c) frost d) winds
59. Which among the following states is known for their success in the Green Revolution?
(a) Punjab (6) Utar Pradesh
)Uuarakhand (d) Gujarat
60. When are kharif crops harvested?
(a) September-October (b) December-January
June-July (d) April-May
61. Name a crop grown during the Kharif season.
(a) Barley (b) Gram )Rice (d) Jowar
62. Which of the following crop is grown in Zaid season?
(a) Peas (6) Urad ) Cucumber (d) Maize
63. Name an
important rice growing regions from the following:
(a) Assam (6) Kerala
64.
)West Bengal (d) Maharashura
In Assam, West Bengal and Odisha, how many crops of paddy are grown in a
year?
(a) 2 (6) )I (d) 4
65. Name crop grown in Zaid period.
a

a) Ciroundnut (6) Jute () Mustard (d) Watermelon

66. How long does sugarcane take to grow?
(a) Almost 4 months (6) Almost 6 months
) Almost a year d) Almost 3 months
67. India is the largest producer of rice in the world.
(a) first (b) second () third (d) fourth
68. Rice requires high humidity with cm of rainfall.
a) above 100 cm (b) below 100 cm () above 75 cm (d) above 60 cm
69. How has it been possible to grow rice in areas of less rainfall such as Punjab, Haryana and
Western Uttar Pradesh and parts of
Rajasthan?
(a) With rooltop water reserves (b) Canals
C)Lakes (d) Rivers
71. Which crops come under the classification of millets?
(a) Peas and maize (6) Mustard and soyabean
)Urad and moong (d) Jowar and Bajra
72. Millets have high nutritional value and are rich in-
(a) Iron and calcium (b) Minerals () Phosphate (d) Proteins
73. Jowar is the most important food crop with respect to area and production.
(a) lirst (6) second ) third d) fourth
74. Jowar is rain-fed crop mostly grown in the moist areas which needs. rrigation.
(a) high (b) medium ) less ) no
75. Name a major Jowar producing state.
(a) Haryana (6) Punjab
)Uuar Pradesh d) Maharashra
76. Bajra grows well on .
soil.
(a) alluvial soil (6) red soil (c) arid soil d) black soil
77. Which of the following crops is used both for food and fodder?
(a) Jowar ) Maize () Bajra (d) Wheat
78. India is the .
largest producer as well as consumer of pulses in the world.
(a) first (b) seconcd () third (d) fourth
79. Which crop needs manual labour from sowing to harvesting?
(a) Water melon (b) Sugarcane (c) Maize (d) Bajra
80. Name a major banana producing state of India.
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Telangana
) Meghalaya d) Kerala
81. Where is rubber mainly grown?
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Karnataka
) Andaman and Nicobar (d) Madhya Pradesh
82. Which fibre crop is obtained from cocoons of the silkworms fed on green leaves?
(a) Jute (b) Silk () Cotton (d) Hemp
83. Name which is
a state
major producer of jute?
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Maharashtra
)Madhya Pradesh d) West Bengal
84. In 2016, India was the largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world.
first (6) second third (d) fourth
85. Which of the
one
following is not a food crop?
(a) Rice (6) Wheat (c) Coton (d) Maize
86. Muskmelon grows in
(a) Rabi season (b) Kharif scason ) Zaid season (d) All the above
87. It takes almost to
a year grow
Rice (b) Sugarcane ) Maize (d) Bajra

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88. The second largest producer of groundnut _

(d) Kerala
(a) Gujarat
(6) Andhra Pradesh )Tamil Nadu
fruits and vegetables in the world?
89. Which country is the largest producer of (d) India
(b) USA () Pakistan
(a) China countries?
to India from which of the following
90. Arabic variety of coffee was initially brought
(d) Korea
(a) Yemen (6) Vietnam ) Japan
in the world?
largest producer of
oilseeds
91. Which country is the (d) Pakistan
(6) India )USA
(a) China
well as
of the following beverage crops, India
is the leading producer as

92. Of which one

exporter in the world? (d) Curd

(a) Colfee (6) Pulses )Tea
of is practiced in areas with high population pressure
93. Which of the following types farming
on land?
(6) Intensive subsistence larming
(a) Primitive subsistence arming
(d) Plantations
c) Commercial farming
in areas of intensive subsistence farming?
94. Which of the following is the principal crop grown
(b) Wheat
(a) Yams and sweet potato
(d) Couon
)Rice
well as the consumer of which of the following crops?
95. India is the largest producer as

(d) Oilseeds
(a) Rice (b) Millet ()Pulses
96. Which of the following types of economic activity is agriculture?

() Primary activity (b) Secondary activity

(d) All the above
Tertiary activity
97. Which of the following are known as coarse grains:

(a) Wheat and rice

(6) Millets-Jowar, bajra and ragi
() Pulsex-urad, arhar. gram (d) Oilseeds
and molasses?
98. Which of the following crops is the main source
of jaggery, khandsari
(a) Arhar (6) Coconut )Linseed (d) Sugarcane
99. Which of the following is the primary objective of India's food security policy?

(a) To ensure availability of lood grains

to the common
people at an affordable price
income ol larmers
(6) To diversily crop production to increase
() To provide insurance against crop failure
(d) To shilt from lood grain production to commercial crops

100. India is believed to be the original home of which of the following fiber crops?

d) Silk
(a) Cotton D) Jute )Hemp
101. In which of the following states of India rice is considered a commercial crop?

(n) West Bengal (6) Odisha c)Bihar d) Punjab

102. In which type of soil does maize grow well?
(6) Light domat (c) Old alluvial (d) None of the above
(a) Black
103. Grapes are mainly produced in the state of.

(a) Meghalaya (b) Himachal Pradesh c) Mizoram d) Andhra Pradesh

104. Bhoodan-Gramdan movement was initiated by-
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (6) Jawaharlal Nehru
) Vinoba Bhave (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
105. Grouping of small land holdings into a bigger one is called-
(a) Ceiling on land holdings (6) Colleetiviration
() Cooperative farming d) Consolidation of land holdings

106. Oranges are mainly produced in the state of-

(a) Madhya Pradesh (6) Maharashra

) Kerala d) Tamil Nadu

107. Intensive subsistence farming is practiced in the area of
(a) high population (6) low population
(c) deserts (d) thick forests
108. Which one of the following statements is incorrect as regards to commercial farming?
(a) Use ofheavy doses of modern inputs
(6) Crops are grown for sale
(c) Family members are involved in growing crops
(d) Practiccd on large land holdings
109. The largest tea producing state of India is
(a) Karnataka (b) Assam
) Andhra Pradesh (d) Arunachal Pradesh
110. A type of millet rich in iron, calcium, other micronutrient and roughage is
(a) Bajra (6) Rajma ( Jowar (d) Ragi
111. White revolution involves improvement in the production of which of the following products?
(a) Cotton (b) Wheat () Maine or corn (d) Milk
112. Which type of farming has the use of higher doses of modern inputs like HYV seeds, chemical
fertilizers, insecticides and pesticides?
(a) Primitive subsistence (6) Plantation
)Extensive (d) Commercial
113. India is the second largest producer of sugarcane only after.
(a) China (b) USA (c)Brazil (d) Mexico
114. The oil seed in India grown in both Rabi and Kharif season is
(a) CGround nut (6) Coconut (c) Castor seeds (d) Mustard
115. Ragi is very rich in:
(a) Zine (6) lodine ) Iron (d) Phosphorous
116. Choose the correctly matched pair about the major crops of India from the following options:
(a) Millets- North eastern part of the country (6) Wheat - North western part of the country
() Pulses - South western part of the counury (d) Rice - South eastern part of the counury

117. Fill in the blank:

Agriculture contributes to the national income of India.
(a) 33% (b) 22% ) 40% (d) none of these
118. Choose the correctly matched pair about the main crop growing states of India from the
following options:
(a) Conon- Meghalaya (b) Rubber - Garo hills of Meghalaya

() Fibre Crops- UP d) Jute - Nicobar islands

119. Fill in the blank:

Moong: Kharif, Rabi, watermelons: Zaid
() Jute (6) Jowar ) Wheat (d) Soyabean

Goooranhv: Aoriculture
120. Fill in the blank:
Jute: Odisha, Cotton:
Rubber: Garo hills
(a) Tamil Nadu of Meghalaya
(b) West Bengal
)Meghalaya (d) all the above
121. Choose the
correctly matched pair about the
agriculture pattern of India
options: from the
following
(a) Primitive subsistence agriculture digging sticks
-
Dao and
(6) Slash and burn
agriculure cotlon and tobacco
-

(c) Intensive Subsistence

agriculture elled and burned -

vegetation
(d) Commercial farming- hoe
122. Fill in the blank:

farming is practised small patches of land with

on
the
like hoe, dao and
digging sticks and family/community. help of primitive tools
(a) Commercial
(6) Intensive Subsistence
)both (a) and ()
(d) Primitive Subsistence
123. Fill in the blank:
Jowar Karnataka, bajra - Uttar Pradesh, maize .
(a) Bihar
(b) Madhya Pradesh
() Haryana
(d) Odisha
124. The commercial crop of
Punjab and Haryana is
(a) rice
(6) sugarcane
) cotlon
(d) wheat
125. By what is
name
Jhumming known as in the Himalayan belt?
(a) Milpa
) khil
() Kuruwa (d) Penda
126. Which of the
out
following is a
plantation crop?
(a) Jute (6) Sugarcane
() Cotton d) Muskmelon
127. Which of the following is not used in 'subsistence
farming'?
(a) Hoe (6) Digging sticks (c) Thresher
128. What is 'Milpa'?
(a) A type of agriculture () type ol animal
()A Lype ol tribe
129. The crops grown with the onset of monsoon.
(a) Rabi (b) Kharif ) Zaid
130. Which one of the following rights has led to fragmentation of landholding size?
(a) Right to succession (b) Right lo information
)Right to inheritance d) Right to land ceiling
131. Cultivation of fruits and vegetables is called:
(a) Floriculture b) Sericulture
()Horticulture (d) Agriculture
132. About 90% of Rubber demand is met by
(a) Kerala (b) Karnataka
() Tamil Nadu (d) Maharashra
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1. (6) 2. b) 3. (a) . (d) () 6. (a) 7.(d) B. )
9. b) 10. ) 11. (6) 12. (a) 13. (b) 14. (d) 15.( ) 16. b)
17. a) 18. (a) 19. (¢) 20. () 21. 22. () 23. (a) 24. (a)
25. (a) 26. () 27. (a) 28. (a) 29. () 30. (d) 31. (a) 32. (
33. d) 34 (d) 35.( ) 36. (a) 37. () 38. c) 39. (b) 40. (a)
41. (6) 42. C) 43. (b) 44. (a) 45. 46. (b) 47. (a) 8. C)
49. (a) 50. () 51. () 52. (a) 53. (a) 54. (d) 55. () 56. d)
62. 53. a) 64.
57. ld) 58.(6) 59 (a) 60. (a) 61. c)
67. (b) 68. (a) 59. b) 70. 71. (d) 72. (a)
65..(d) 66
73. () 74. () 75. (d) 76. (a) 17. b) 78. (a) 19. b) 80. (d)
81. ) 82. (6) 83. (d) 84. () 35. 86. ) 87. (6) 88. 6)
89. (a) 90. (a) 91. b) 92. C) 93. (6) 94. ( 95. (c) 96. (a)
97. (b) 98. (d) 99. (a) 100. (a) 101. (a) 102. (c) 103. (d) 104.
105. (d) 106. (6) 107. a) 108. ( 109. (b) 110. (4) 111. (d) 112. (d)

113. 114. () 115. 116. b) 117. (d) 118. () 119. () 120. (a)

121. (a) 122. (d) 123. ( 124. (a) 125. () 126. 127. c) 128. (a)
129. (6) 130. () 131. () 132. (a)
Choose and write the correct option in the following questions.
1. Which two
languages among the following are
prominently spoken by Belgium Nationals?
[CBSE 2020, 32/2/1]
(a) French and English (6) Dutch and French (c) Russian and Dutch (d) Russian and French
2. Power struggle demanding separate Eelam was launched by
(a) Sinhalese () Buddhists ()Tamilians d) none of the above
Belgium shares its border with
(a) France (b) Germany () Luxembourg (d) all the above
4. Under which of the following is power shared in the
'Community Government' of Belgium?
CBSE 2020, 32/4/1]
(a) Dillerent social groups (b) Dillerent organs of government
(c) Cenral and State government (d) State government and Communty government
5. Power sharing is a good way to ensure the stability of
a) population ) political order )both (a) and (b) (d) none of the above
6. Power shared among governments at different levels is also called
(a) horizontal distribution (b) vertical distribution
(c) slant distribution (d) none of the above
Belgium has worked on the principles of
a) majoritarianism (6) accommodation (c) both (a) and (6) (d) none of the above
8. Which of the following is the majority group in Sri Lanka? CBSE 2020, 32/4/1]
(a) Tamils (b) Christians () Sinhalese (d) Muslims
9. Which one of the following is a major caste group of Sri Lanka? CBSE 2020, 32/1/1]
(a) Chrisian and Tamil (b) Buddhist and Hindu
) Sinhala and Tamil d) Sinhala and Christian
10. Which of the following is not the form of power sharing?
(o) Vertical division of power (b) Horizontal division of power
() Division of power between people ) Division of power among social groups

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country in whichever way it
wants, by disregarding the wishes and needs of the minority is
(a) Power sharing (6) Absolutism
)Majoritarianism (d) CCommunity government
12. Which one of the following statements about power sharing arrangement is correct?
(a) Power sharing is necessary only in societies which have religious, linguistic or ethnic divisions.
0) Power sharing is suitable only for big countries that have regional divisions.
) Every socicty neecs some form of power sharing even il it is small or does not have social
divisions.
(d) Power sharing is not necessary at all.
13. The people whose forefathers came from India to Sri Lanka as plantation workers during the
colonial period are called
(a) Sri Lankan Tamils (6) Indian Tamils ()Tamil Indians (d) Indian Sri Lankans
14. Most of the Sinhalese speaking people in Sri lLanka are
(a) Hindus (b) Christians (c) Muslims d) Buddhists
15. When did Sri Lanka emerged as an independent country?
(a) 1949 (6) 1950 () 1948 (d) 1951
16. n a n Act was passed to recognize Sinhalese as the only oficial language, thus
disregarding the Tamil.
(a) 1956 (b) 1957 ) 1958 (d) 1948

17. By the 1980s several political organizations were formed demanding .

(a) certain righis (b) independent Tamil Eclam (Slate)
) sovereign state (d) priority in jobs for Tamils
18. When did the civil war of Sri Lanka end?
a) 2010 (6) 2009 () 2005 (d) 2011
19. How many times was the constitution of Belgium amended between 1970 and 1993?
(d) Once only
(a) Three times (6) Two times ()Fourtimes
20. Constitution preseribes that the number of Dutch and French-speaking ministers
in the central government.
(a) shall be cqual (b) shall be more (c) shall be less (d) none of the above

21. Give reason as to why power sharing can be good for a country?
(a) I helps to reduce the possibility of conllict bctween social groups.
(b) lt is a good way to ensure the stability of poliical order.
) I t does not lead to confusion.
(d) Both (a) and (b)
22. Which of the following is an example of horizontal distribution of power?
(a) Power sharing between diflerent states
(6) Power sharing between different organs of the government
() Power sharing between dillerent levels ol the government
(d) Power sharing between different social groups
23. Who elects the community government in Belgium?
(a) People belonging to one language community only.
(6) The leader of Belgium.
C)The citizens of whole country.
(d) The community leaders of the Belgium.

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24. The word Ethnic
signifies
(a) dilferent religions.
(6) social division on shared culture.
() a violent conflict among
opposite groups. (d) a careful caleculation of
gains and losses.
25. Power sharing is the

(a) very spirit of democracy. ()

() system of checks and balances.
separation of powers al dillerent levels.
(d) iype of balancing
powers.
26. Power sharing is desirable as it helps
(a) to increase pressure on (6) to reduce possibilities of conllict.
government.
)to generate awareness among people. (d) all the above
27. In dealing with power sharing, which one of the following statements is NOT correct about
democracy?
(a) People are the ol all
political power
source

(6) In a
democracy, pcople rule themselves through institutions of self-governance.
) In a
democracy, due respect is given to diverse groups and views that exist in
(d) In society. a
a
democracy, if the power to decide is dispersed, it is not possible tlo Lake quick decision
and enforce them.
28. What does the coalition
government imply?
(a) Power-sharing between dillerent communities
(6) Power-sharing among the dillerent organs of the
government
() Power-sharing by two or more political parties
(d) Power-sharing within the government at dillerent levels
29. The idea of
power-sharing has emerged in opposition to the notions of
(a) democracy () dictatorship
() monarchy d) undivided political power
30. Give one moral reason as
why power-sharing is good?
(a) It helps lo reduce the
possibility of conlict between social groups.
(6) It does not lead to confusion in managing the state.
) People have a right to be consulted on how
they are
governed.
(d) Power sharing is a good way to ensure the stability of political order.
31. Prudential reasons of power sharing stresses more on
(a) reducing the possibility of conlict between various social groups.
(6) fair chance to minority.
) bringing stability in the political order d) all the above
32. What is the percentage of major social group of Sinhala speakers in Sri Lanka?
(a) 78% (6) 87% () 74% (d) 72%
33. Which language was spoken by the majority people in Wallonia?
(a) Dutch (6) French (c) German (d) Spanish
34. The majoritarian measures taken by Sri Lankan government increased the feeling of _
among the Sri Lankan Tamils.
(a) anger ) anguish () jealousy (d) alienation
35. Which country has been chosen by European Union as its headquarters?
a) Belgium (b) Germany () Switzerland (d) France
36. "Power sharing is a good way to ensure stability of political order." Which among the
following is the reason for power sharing?
(a) Moral (6) Prudential )Both of the above (d) None of the above

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(a) encouragement () political power
38.
)public policies
(d) none of the above
When power is shared among different organs of the government, it is called
(a) horizontal distribution of power (6) vertical division of power
) political division of power (d) division of power
39. When power is shared among different levels, it is also called
governments at

(a) horizontal distribution of power ) system of checks and balances

) vertical division ol power (d) none of the above
40. In India,
provincial government is also called
(a) Federal government (b) State governnent
) Central government (4) Local government
41. What kind of is made
arrangement to give space to the diferent social
groups?
(a) Community government (b) Local government
) Linguistic division (d) Reserved constituencies
42. 20% of the people of Brussels speak
(a) Duteh (b) English ) German (d) Italian
43. Identify the major social group that constituted the
largest share in the population of Sri
Lanka.
(a) Sri Lankan Tamils (b) Indian Tamils
() Muslim d) Sinhala
44. Among the given options what
power sharing does not
imply?
(a) Speed up the
decision-making process
(b) Accommodaing diversities
) Increases conlicts among diflerent communities
(d) All of the above
45. In India, power sharing mechanism does not involve directly
(a) Legislature ) Judiciary ) Industry (d) Execuive
46. Which of the following features are common to Indian and Belgian form of power
A. Power is shared among sharing?
governments at dillerent levels.
B. Power is shared
among diflerent organs of government.
C. Power is shared
among dillerent social groups.
D. Power is shared
among dillerent parties and takes the fornm of
(a) A, B, C, D (6) B, C and D
compctition.
) A and C (d) A, C and )
47. What was the result of
majoritarianism
in Sri Lanka?
(a) There clashes between the different
were
community groups.
(b) There was formation of
respect in dillerent social groups.
() There was formation ol dillerent
government by dillerent social groups.
(d) None of the above
48. How leaders of Sri Lanka dealt with the
(a) The
question of power sharing?
government adopted series ol
majoritarian measures to establish Sinhala
Sri Lanka. supremacy in
(6) The government denicd
equal political rights.
) The government
adopted equality in power sharing.
(d) None of the above

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49. What is the role of Community government in Belgium?
(a) This government is elected by respective language community.
() This government have power regarding culural, educational and language related issues.
() Both (a) and () (d) None of these
50. Which of the following is an element of Belgian model?
(a) Equal number of Dutch and French speaking ministers in central government. No single
community can make decisions itsell.
(b) Transfer of power lrom central government to state government.
() Brussel government have equal representation lor both communities.
(d) All of the above

51. How leaders of Belgium dealt with the question of powersharing

(4)The majorily group tricd to suppress minority group thal results in clashes in sociely.

) The leaders realized the necd of respecting the felings and interests of dillerentcommunities
and regions and thus promoted cquality in power sharing.
)The lcaders of Belgium established miltary rule and controled the entire country.
d) None of these
52. Why there is need to share power among different social groups?
() To give minority communities a share (b) To maintain unity in the nation
() To avoid conflicts in the nation d) All of he above
53. In which part of Sri Lanka are the Sri Lankan Tamils concentrated?
() East and West (d) South and East
(a) North and South (6) North and East
54. What is the capital city of Belgium?
(a) Wallonia (b) Brussels (c) Bonn (d) Paris
55. Which is the state religion of Sri Lanka?
(a) Buddhism (b) Christianity () Hinduism d) Islam
56. 59 percent of the country's total population who speaks Dutch, lives in

(b) Brussels (c) Flemish region (d) None of the above

(a) Wallonia region
57. Why did the Sri Lankan Tamils launch parties and struggle?

(a) To adopt majoritarianism

(6) To recognize Sinhalese as the only ollicial language
() To recognize Tamil as an oflicial language
(d) To dominate other languages
of Model of power sharing is
58. Main significance Belgium
(a) Majoritarianism
in all ethnic groups according to their population
(6) Power shared
(c) On the basis of adul franchise
(d) None of the above
59. Where is the Parliament of European Union located?
(6) Britain c) Germany (d) France
(a) Belgium
60. Which one of the following is the third tier of government in India?

(a) Community Government (0) State Government

d) Both (b) and (c)

c)Panchayati Raj (Government
higher and lower levels of government is called
61. Division of powers between
() Vertical division (d) None of the above
Horizontal division (b) Parallel division
(a)

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 62. Which of the following is not a major social group in Sri Lanka?
(a) Sinhala speakers ) Sri Lankan Tamils () Anglo Indians (d) Indian Tamils
63. Which of the statements about power sharing arrangements in Belgium and Sri Lanka is
correct?
)In Belgium, the Dutch speaking majority people tried to impose their domination on the
minority French speaking people.
() In Sri Lanka, the policies of the government sought to ensure the dominance of the Sinhala-
speaking majorty.
(Gi) The Tamils in Sri Lanka demanded a lcderal arrangement of power sharing to protect their
culture, language and cquality of opportunity in cducation and jobs.
(w) The translormation of Belgium lrom a unitary government to a federal one prevented the
division of country on linguistic lines.
(a) o). (ü), u) and (w) () ) . (u)and (iv)
) ( i ) and () (d) (Gi), (üi) and ()
64. What led to tensions between the Dutch-speaking communities and French-speaking
communities in Belgium during the 1950s and 1960s?
(a) Both the communities demanded special powers.
(6) The minority French-speaking community was richer and more powerlul than the majority
Dutch-speaking community.
T h e mjority Dutch-speaking community was richer and more powerlul than the minority
French-speaking community.
(d) Bozh the communities were equal in socio-cconomic ladder and this was resented by the
French-speaking community.
65. Which of the following countries have federal division of powers?
(a) India (b) Belgiumn ) Sri Lanka d) Both (a) and (b)
66. Non-sharing of power leads to
(a) peace among all communities.
(0) tyranny ol the majority and oppression of the minority.
() negoluation of the very spirit ol democracy.
(d) both () and (o)
67. Choose the incorrect among the following
statement

(a) Belgium and Sri Lanka are democracies.

(b) Both of them dealt with the question of power sharing similarly.
() In Belgium. leaders realized that unity of the country wias possible only by respecting the
lechngs and interesis ol all communities.
(4) In Sri Lanka, majority community lorced its domination over others and refuscd to share power
68, Which among the following is a prudent reason for power sharing?
(a) lu reduces the possibility of conllict between communities and ensures the stability of political
order.
() Power-sharing is the very spirit of democracy
() Both (a) and () (d) None of the above
69. Which of the following was not one of the initial demands of the Sri Lankan Tamils?
(a) Recognition of Tanil as an oflicial language
(6) Regional aulonomy
() Equality of opporlunity in securing jobs and education
(d) Creation of an independent Tamil Eelun

V.
 70. Power can be shared in modern democracies in which of the following ways?
(a) Among various levels
(b) Among dillerent social groups
) Among different organs of the government
d) All the above
71. Among which of the following countries principle of Majoritarianism led to civil war?
(u) Pakistan (6) Sri Lanka )Vietnam (d) Belgium
following is not a valid for power
72. Which one of the reason
sharing
(a) For majoritarianism (b) Being part and parcel of democracy
() For political stability (d) To reduce tensions
73. Which one of the following communities is not related to Sri Lanka?
(a) Sinhala (b) Indian Tamils () Parsis (d) Sri Lankan Tamils

74. Tamil natives of Sri Lanka are called

(a) Sri Lankan Tamils (6) Indian Tamils d) None of the above
Muslim Tamils
75. What is the percentage of German speaking people in Belgium?
(a) 59% b) 40% (c) 60% (d) o1%

76. What is the advantage of Horizontal distribution of power

(a) Each government work separately and these never keep check on functioning of other.

() None of the governmental body exercise unlimited powers and cach organ checks the other.
C)Each community in the society grows.
(d) None of these
77. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
(a) In a democracy, all important decisions are taken by the majoriy community.
(b) In a democracy, people rule themselves through the institution of sell-government.
)Political power is distributed in a democracy.
(d) In a democratic counury, respect is given to various diverse groups.
78. Belgium solved its problem successfully by
(a) developing the power-sharing mechanism
(b) rejecting the policy of majoritarianism
)respecting the interests of dillerent communities
(d) all the above
79. Which among the following is not an interest group?
(u) Trade unions (6) Business groups )Farmers union (d) Political parties
80. Consider the following statements about the ethnic composition of Sri Lanka, which among
the following is correct?
A. Major social groups are the Sinhala-speaking (7456) and Tamil-speaking (185).
B. Among the Tamils, there are two sub-groups, Sri Lankan Tamils and Indian Tamils.
.There are about 7% Christians, who are both Tamil and Sinhala.
D. Most of the Sinhala speaking are Hindu or Muslims and most of the "Tamil speaking are
Buddhists.
(a) A, B, C (6) A, B, D ()B, C, D (d) A, B, C., D

81. A government for the entire country is usually called

(a) Central government () State government

) Federal government d) None of the above

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(a) Indian constitution (b) American consitution
) Sri Lankan constitution d) Belgium constitution
83. When the power is divided between higher and lower levels of government, then it is called
s

(a) Horizontal division (6) Parallel division

d) None of the above
)Vertical division
84. System of Checks and Balances means
(a) horizontal distribution of powers.
(b) separation of powers.
()pul a check on the exercise ol unimited powers ol the organs ol the government by
balance ol various institutions.
maintanung a
power among
(d) federal division of power.
85. Which of the following is not one of the three organs of government sharing power?
(a) Legislature (6) Bureaucracy () Executive (d) Judiciary
86. Which of the following is not one of the aspects of federal division of powers?
and local governments.
(a) Sharing ol powers among central provincial
(6) Division of powers involving higher and lower levels of government.
(¢) The constitution clearly lays down powers of dilerent leves ol government.

(d) There is no vertical division of powers.

87. What led to non-sharing of power?

(a) Peace among all communilues.

and of minority.
(6) Tyranny ol the majority oppressjon
) Negoiation of the very spirit of democracy.

(d) Both (b) and (o)

is referred to as social division based on culture and language
8.
(b) Ethnic group
(a) Pressure group
(d) None of the above
C) Interest group
that represent
89. In the long run, power is
shared among different political parties
( ) dillerent communities.
(a) dillerent ideologies and social groups.
(d) dillerent government.
(c) diflerent divisions.

Answers 8. ( C)
. (b) 2.(C) 3. d) a) . (a) 7.(
14. (d) 15. (« 16. (
. 0. (C) 11. (c) 12. C) 13. (b)
21. d) 22. (6) 23. () 24. (b)
8. 19. ( ) 20. a)
17. (b) () 31. d) 32.
28. 29. (d) 30. («
25. (a) 6.(6) 27. (d)
38. (a) 39. 40.
35. ( ) 6. b) 37. 6)
33. (a) 4 (d) 48. (a)
45. ) 46. (6 47. a)
12. (a) 43. (d) 44. (C)
41. (d) 55. a) 56.
53. (6) 54. ( b)
50. d) 51. ( 52. ()
49 61 () 62. (d) 63. (d) 64. (b)
8. 59. (a) 60. )
57. (c) 71. (6) 72. a)
68. () 69. (a) 70. (
65. (d) s6. 67. )
78. 79. (d) 80. (a)
75. ( 76. () 77. (a)
73.( 74. (a) 88. b)
85. (b) 86. (d) 87. (d)
2. 83. C) 84. ()
81. (C)
89. (a)

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