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