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

1)      In Belgium, the Dutch-speaking majority people tried to impose their domination on the minority

             French-speaking community

2)      In Sri Lanka, the policies of the government sought to ensure the dominance of the Sinhala-speaking

             majority.

3)      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.

4)      The transformation of Belgium from a unitary government to a federal one prevented a possible division

             of the country on linguistic lines.

Which of the Statements above-mentioned are correct?

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1, 2, 3 and 4

1, 2, and 4

3 and 4

2, 3 and 4

answer is D.

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Detailed Solution

In Sri Lanka, the government policies sought to ensure the dominance of the Sinhala-speaking majority. The Tamils in Sri Lanka demanded the federal arrangement of power-sharing to protect their culture, language and equality of opportunity in education and jobs. The transformation of Belgium from a unitary government to a federal one prevented a possible division of the country on linguistic lines. Hence the first statement about Belgium is incorrect, but statement 4 is correct. However, tensions emerged between the Tamil-speaking minority and the Sinhala-speaking majority in Srilanka. Sri Lanka resorted to majoritarianism to establish Sinhala supremacy and did not ascribe to equal power-sharing. Therefore statements 2 and 3 are correct.

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