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