Introduction to Political Science - Pre Exam Obj
  • 1. Political science is mainly the study of the __.
A) state
B) family
C) school
D) market
  • 2. Who defined politics as “who gets what, when and how”?
A) David Easton
B) Harold Lasswell
C) Aristotle
D) Karl Marx
  • 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) Janet
B) Locke
C) Garner
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) Marxist
B) behavioural
C) traditional
D) institutional
  • 7. Which approach focuses on human political behaviour?
A) Traditional
B) Systems
C) Historical
D) Behavioural
  • 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) ideologies
B) concepts
C) institutions
D) cultures
  • 11. The executive, legislature and judiciary are __.
A) political thoughts
B) political cultures
C) political parties
D) political institutions
  • 12. Elections and law making are examples of political __.
A) ideologies
B) culture
C) processes
D) systems
  • 13. Citizenship refers to __.
A) living in a country
B) voting in elections
C) legal membership of a state
D) paying tax
  • 14. Political culture means people’s __ towards politics.
A) attitudes and beliefs
B) language
C) religion
D) wealth
  • 15. Globalization concerns the __ among countries.
A) isolation
B) conflicts only
C) relationships
D) traditions
  • 16. The supreme law of the land is the __.
A) constitution
B) decree
C) manifesto
D) policy
  • 17. Constitutionalism means __ government power.
A) removing
B) limiting
C) ignoring
D) increasing
  • 18. Which method compares political systems of different countries?
A) Historical
B) Observational
C) Comparative
D) Statistical
  • 19. Watching political behaviour in real life is the __ method.
A) comparative
B) experimental
C) observational
D) survey
  • 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) institutions
B) thoughts
C) parties
D) systems
  • 22. Marxist approach focuses mainly on __.
A) religion
B) class struggle and economy
C) culture
D) law
  • 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) 10th
B) 15th
C) 20th
D) 18th
  • 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) survey
C) behavioural
D) traditional
  • 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) punishments
B) rules only
C) beliefs and ideas
D) buildings
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