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