Introduction to Political Science - Pre Exam Obj
  • 1. Political science is mainly the study of the __.
A) family
B) market
C) school
D) state
  • 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) Easton
C) Plato
D) Hobbes
  • 4. Political science begins and ends with the state according to __.
A) Garner
B) Gilchrist
C) Janet
D) Locke
  • 5. Politics mainly deals with __.
A) education
B) trade
C) religion
D) power and authority
  • 6. The study of political institutions is known as __ approach.
A) Marxist
B) traditional
C) institutional
D) behavioural
  • 7. Which approach focuses on human political behaviour?
A) Traditional
B) Historical
C) Systems
D) Behavioural
  • 8. The systems approach is associated with __.
A) Easton
B) Marx
C) Plato
D) Lasswell
  • 9. Liberalism, socialism and communism are examples of __.
A) ideologies
B) cultures
C) laws
D) institutions
  • 10. Power, authority and legitimacy are __ in political science.
A) institutions
B) ideologies
C) cultures
D) concepts
  • 11. The executive, legislature and judiciary are __.
A) political parties
B) political cultures
C) political thoughts
D) political institutions
  • 12. Elections and law making are examples of political __.
A) ideologies
B) processes
C) culture
D) systems
  • 13. Citizenship refers to __.
A) legal membership of a state
B) living in a country
C) voting in elections
D) paying tax
  • 14. Political culture means people’s __ towards politics.
A) language
B) religion
C) attitudes and beliefs
D) wealth
  • 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) manifesto
B) constitution
C) policy
D) decree
  • 17. Constitutionalism means __ government power.
A) limiting
B) ignoring
C) increasing
D) removing
  • 18. Which method compares political systems of different countries?
A) Comparative
B) Historical
C) Statistical
D) Observational
  • 19. Watching political behaviour in real life is the __ method.
A) survey
B) observational
C) comparative
D) experimental
  • 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) 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) asking questions to people
B) observation only
C) experiments
D) guessing
  • 24. The behavioural approach developed in the __ century.
A) 10th
B) 20th
C) 18th
D) 15th
  • 25. Political parties are part of political __.
A) institutions
B) ideologies
C) thoughts
D) cultures
  • 26. Sovereignty means __.
A) voting rights
B) supreme power of the state
C) foreign rule
D) sharing power
  • 27. Democracy is a system where __.
A) kings rule
B) people rule
C) soldiers rule
D) judges rule
  • 28. The study of politics through laws and philosophy is the __ approach.
A) systems
B) behavioural
C) traditional
D) survey
  • 29. AU and ECOWAS are examples of __ organizations.
A) national
B) private
C) international
D) local
  • 30. Ideology is a set of __ about government.
A) rules only
B) buildings
C) punishments
D) beliefs and ideas
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