Sri Lankan History and Politics
Independence and Government
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- Which city is the commercial capital while Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte holds the seat of the legislature?
- How many members sit in the Parliament of Sri Lanka?
- Under the 1978 constitution, who is both head of state and head of government?
- Who introduced the executive presidency in the 1978 constitution as President of the republic?
- Into how many provinces is Sri Lanka divided?
- Which amendment of 1987 created the provincial councils?
- Which two languages are the official languages of Sri Lanka, with English as a link language?
- Which animal is shown on the national flag of Sri Lanka, holding a sword?
- Who wrote the words and music of the national anthem, Sri Lanka Matha?
- Which flower is the national flower of Sri Lanka?
- Which sport was declared the national sport of Sri Lanka in 1991?
- Which woman became the world's first female prime minister, in Ceylon in 1960?
- In which year did Sri Lanka join the United Nations?
- Which reform of 1945, led by C. W. W. Kannangara, made education free from primary school to university?
- What is the legal minimum age to vote in Sri Lanka?
- Which system is used to elect Parliament since the 1978 constitution?
- Which pair correctly matches a province to its capital?
- Which province has Badulla as its capital?
- Which pairing of province and capital is correct?
- Which body is the highest court of Sri Lanka?
- Which legal tradition forms the basis of the island's general law?
- Which Commonwealth-era document of 1948 gave Ceylon dominion status under the crown?
- Which local councils run towns, from largest to smallest, under the provincial councils?
- Which colours of the two vertical stripes on the national flag stand for the Muslim and Tamil communities?
- Which law of 1956 made Sinhala the sole official language, a rule later changed to recognise Tamil as well?
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