{"id":375029,"date":"2023-01-09T02:26:56","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T20:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infinitylearn.com\/surge\/question\/consider-the-following-statements-about-the-ethnic-composition-of-sri-lanka-which-among-the-following-is-correct1-major-social-groups-are-the-sinhala-speaking-74-and\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T16:55:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T11:25:06","slug":"question-civics-consider-the-following-statements-about-the-ethnic-compositi","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/infinitylearn.com\/surge\/question\/civics\/consider-the-following-statements-about-the-ethnic-compositi\/","title":{"rendered":"Consider the following statements about the ethnic composition of Sri Lanka, which among the following is correct?1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Major social groups are the Sinhala-speaking (74%) and Tamil-speaking (11%).2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Among the Tamils, there are two sub-groups, Sri Lankan Tamils and Indian Tamils.3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There are about 7% Christians, who are both Tamil and Sinhala.4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Most of the Sinhala speaking are Hindu or Muslims and most of the Tamil speaking are Buddhists."},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"template":"","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"ethnic composition of sri lanka","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Consider the following statements about the ethnic composition of Sri Lanka, which among the following is correct? sol at infinitylearn.com","custom_permalink":"question\/civics\/consider-the-following-statements-about-the-ethnic-compositi\/"},"categories":[],"acf":{"question":"

Consider the following statements about the ethnic composition of Sri Lanka, which among the following is correct?<\/span><\/p>

1)<\/span>      <\/span><\/span>Major social groups are the Sinhala-speaking (74%) and Tamil-speaking (11%).<\/span><\/p>

2)<\/span>      <\/span><\/span>Among the Tamils, there are two sub-groups, Sri Lankan Tamils and Indian Tamils.<\/span><\/p>

3)<\/span>      <\/span><\/span>There are about 7% Christians, who are both Tamil and Sinhala.<\/span><\/p>

4)<\/span>      <\/span><\/span>Most of the Sinhala speaking are Hindu or Muslims and most of the Tamil speaking are Buddhists.<\/span><\/p>

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