Learning from Belgium's experience, which of the following steps could have MOST LIKELY avoided a civil war in Sri Lanka that ended in 2009?
A. making reservations in jobs for the Tamil speaking minority community
B. dividing the entire country on the basis of linguistic lines to appease the citizens
C. devising laws to accommodate the ethnic differences of citizens to ensure peace
D. conducting a thorough census to strictly segregate the Indian Tamils from the Sri Lankan Tamils
Answer:
So, the correct answer is (C): devising laws to accommodate the ethnic differences of citizens to ensure peace
Explanation
Let’s check all the options
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(A)making reservations in jobs for the Tamil speaking minority community
- This Step is not appropriate in avoiding the civil war because making reservations for the particular community (minority) makes the other community(majority) more furious and this results in violence and war in the country.
Thus, this option is incorrect.
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(B)dividing the entire country on the basis of linguistic lines to appease the citizens -
This Step is also not appropriate in avoiding the civil war because this could distrupt country’s unity and integrity.
Thus, this option is incorrect.
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(C)devising laws to accommodate the ethnic differences of citizens to ensure peace -
This step would be taken by the Sri Lankan Govenment to
avoid the civil war in the country. For instance in Belgium ,the
number of Dutch and French-speaking ministers
was
equal
in the central government and in the capital Brussels,
was given a
separate governmen
t in which both, the French and the Dutch communities had
equal
representation
.
Thus, this option is incorrect.
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(D) conducting a thorough census to strictly segregate the Indian Tamils from the Sri Lankan Tamils -
Segrating the Indian Tamils from the Sri Lankan Tamils in the country led to widespread protest and disrupts the harmony of the country.
Thus, this option is incorrect.
