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