Belgium and Sri Lanka

Question 1

Belgium bordering countries?

Answer 1

France, Netherlands, Germany, and Luxembourg

Question 2

Where does the 59% of the population live?

Answer 2

Flemish region [dutch]

Question 3

Where does 40% of the population live?

Answer 3

Wallonia region[french]

Question 4

Capital of Belgium?

Answer 4

Brussels

Question 5

Language division in Capital of the country?

Answer 5

80% French and 20% Dutch

Question 6

Reasons that led to the tension between the Dutch speaking and French speaking community during 1950s-60s?

Answer 6

The French people was relatively rich and powerful in the capital of the city, this was resented by the Dutch speaking community.

Question 7

Brussels presented a special problem:

Answer 7

The Dutch speaking community constituted majority of the country’s whole population but were a minority in the capital.

Question 8

Sri Lanka points?

Answer 8

Sri Lanka is an island nation, just a few kilometers off the southern coast of Tamil Nadu. It has a very diverse population.

Question 9

Ethnic communities of Sri Lanka?

Answer 9

74% Sinhala-speakers, 18% Tamil-speakers [ Sri Lankan Tamils(13%), Indian Tamils ]

Question 10

Origination of Indian Tamils in Sri Lanka

Answer 10

The rest, whose forefathers came from India as plantation workers during the colonial period, are called “Indian Tamils”

Question 11

Sri Lankan Tamils are concentrated in which areas of the country?

Answer 11

The north and east of the country.

Question 12

Religious division in Sri Lanka?

Answer 12

Most of the Sinhala-speaking people are Buddhists, Tamils are either Muslims or Hindus, and 7% Christians who are both Tamil and Sinhala