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Sri Lanka is a Sinhala majority country where the state organs are occupied by the Sinhala population naturally due to their majority. The Tamil population had cited the form of government which Sri Lanka to be the issue that deprives them of experiencing equal rights. Identify the form of government which Sri Lanka follows.

A

Democracy

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Dictatorship

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C

Federal State

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D

Unitary State

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Solution

The correct option is D Unitary State

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