CivicsConsider the following statements about the ethnic composition of Sri Lanka, which among the following is correct?1)      Major social groups are the Sinhala-speaking (74%) and Tamil-speaking (11%).2)      Among the Tamils, there are two sub-groups, Sri Lankan Tamils and Indian Tamils.3)      There are about 7% Christians, who are both Tamil and Sinhala.4)      Most of the Sinhala speaking are Hindu or Muslims and most of the Tamil speaking are Buddhists.

Consider the following statements about the ethnic composition of Sri Lanka, which among the following is correct?


1)      Major social groups are the Sinhala-speaking (74%) and Tamil-speaking (11%).


2)      Among the Tamils, there are two sub-groups, Sri Lankan Tamils and Indian Tamils.


3)      There are about 7% Christians, who are both Tamil and Sinhala.


4)      Most of the Sinhala speaking are Hindu or Muslims and most of the Tamil speaking are Buddhists.


  1. A
    1, 2, 3 
  2. B
    1, 2, 4 
  3. C
    2, 3, 4 
  4. D
    1, 2, 3, 4 

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    Solution:

    The first three statements are correct and the fourth one is false. The major ethnolinguistic groups in Srilanka are the Sinhalas and the Tamils. The Sinhalas comprise about 74 % of the population, and the Tamils comprise about 18 %. The Tamils can be further categorized into two groups, that is, Indian Tamils and Srilankan or native Tamils. The majority of the Sinhala-speaking people are Buddhists, while, majority of the people who speak Tamil are Hindus or Muslims. Only about 7 % of the population are Christians and speak either Sinhala or Tamil.
     
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