Question

Sri Lanka gained independence in 1948. Majority of the government was made up of Sinhalese community and brought in a lot of changes.

From the following options, select the policies introduced by the government that favoured Sinhalese and not Sri Lankan Tamils.

• A. Buddhism was made the official religion.
• B. Sinhala was made the official language.
• C. Security of the citizens improved.
• D. Majority community were preferred over minority community for job applications.

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (B), (D)

Majority community were preferred over minority community for job applications.

The Sinhalese began to establish their supremacy in Sri Lanka through the government. Sinhala was made the only official language of the country. The Sinhalese community was favoured in job applications. The new constitution of Sri Lanka in 1978 officially recognised Buddhism as the state religion of Sri Lanka.