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