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