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