Introduction to Political Science - Pre Exam Obj
  • 1. Political science is mainly the study of the __.
A) state
B) family
C) school
D) market
  • 2. Who defined politics as “who gets what, when and how”?
A) Harold Lasswell
B) Aristotle
C) Karl Marx
D) David Easton
  • 3. The authoritative allocation of values was defined by __.
A) Plato
B) Easton
C) Garner
D) Hobbes
  • 4. Political science begins and ends with the state according to __.
A) Garner
B) Janet
C) Gilchrist
D) Locke
  • 5. Politics mainly deals with __.
A) religion
B) education
C) trade
D) power and authority
  • 6. The study of political institutions is known as __ approach.
A) behavioural
B) Marxist
C) traditional
D) institutional
  • 7. Which approach focuses on human political behaviour?
A) Systems
B) Historical
C) Behavioural
D) Traditional
  • 8. The systems approach is associated with __.
A) Plato
B) Easton
C) Lasswell
D) Marx
  • 9. Liberalism, socialism and communism are examples of __.
A) cultures
B) institutions
C) laws
D) ideologies
  • 10. Power, authority and legitimacy are __ in political science.
A) cultures
B) institutions
C) concepts
D) ideologies
  • 11. The executive, legislature and judiciary are __.
A) political parties
B) political thoughts
C) political institutions
D) political cultures
  • 12. Elections and law making are examples of political __.
A) processes
B) ideologies
C) culture
D) systems
  • 13. Citizenship refers to __.
A) legal membership of a state
B) living in a country
C) voting in elections
D) paying tax
  • 14. Political culture means people’s __ towards politics.
A) wealth
B) language
C) religion
D) attitudes and beliefs
  • 15. Globalization concerns the __ among countries.
A) traditions
B) conflicts only
C) relationships
D) isolation
  • 16. The supreme law of the land is the __.
A) policy
B) manifesto
C) decree
D) constitution
  • 17. Constitutionalism means __ government power.
A) increasing
B) limiting
C) ignoring
D) removing
  • 18. Which method compares political systems of different countries?
A) Statistical
B) Observational
C) Comparative
D) Historical
  • 19. Watching political behaviour in real life is the __ method.
A) comparative
B) experimental
C) observational
D) survey
  • 20. The historical method studies __.
A) past political events
B) future predictions
C) present events only
D) economic data
  • 21. Plato and Aristotle are known for their political __.
A) parties
B) thoughts
C) systems
D) institutions
  • 22. Marxist approach focuses mainly on __.
A) culture
B) class struggle and economy
C) religion
D) law
  • 23. Survey method involves __.
A) experiments
B) observation only
C) asking questions to people
D) guessing
  • 24. The behavioural approach developed in the __ century.
A) 10th
B) 18th
C) 15th
D) 20th
  • 25. Political parties are part of political __.
A) institutions
B) cultures
C) thoughts
D) ideologies
  • 26. Sovereignty means __.
A) foreign rule
B) voting rights
C) supreme power of the state
D) sharing power
  • 27. Democracy is a system where __.
A) soldiers rule
B) people rule
C) judges rule
D) kings rule
  • 28. The study of politics through laws and philosophy is the __ approach.
A) survey
B) traditional
C) behavioural
D) systems
  • 29. AU and ECOWAS are examples of __ organizations.
A) international
B) private
C) local
D) national
  • 30. Ideology is a set of __ about government.
A) buildings
B) rules only
C) beliefs and ideas
D) punishments
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