Introduction to Political Science - Pre Exam Obj
  • 1. Political science is mainly the study of the __.
A) family
B) market
C) state
D) school
  • 2. Who defined politics as “who gets what, when and how”?
A) Aristotle
B) David Easton
C) Harold Lasswell
D) Karl Marx
  • 3. The authoritative allocation of values was defined by __.
A) Garner
B) Plato
C) Hobbes
D) Easton
  • 4. Political science begins and ends with the state according to __.
A) Locke
B) Garner
C) Gilchrist
D) Janet
  • 5. Politics mainly deals with __.
A) power and authority
B) religion
C) trade
D) education
  • 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) Behavioural
B) Traditional
C) Historical
D) Systems
  • 8. The systems approach is associated with __.
A) Easton
B) Lasswell
C) Marx
D) Plato
  • 9. Liberalism, socialism and communism are examples of __.
A) ideologies
B) institutions
C) cultures
D) laws
  • 10. Power, authority and legitimacy are __ in political science.
A) institutions
B) cultures
C) concepts
D) ideologies
  • 11. The executive, legislature and judiciary are __.
A) political thoughts
B) political institutions
C) political cultures
D) political parties
  • 12. Elections and law making are examples of political __.
A) processes
B) ideologies
C) culture
D) systems
  • 13. Citizenship refers to __.
A) living in a country
B) legal membership of a state
C) voting in elections
D) paying tax
  • 14. Political culture means people’s __ towards politics.
A) language
B) attitudes and beliefs
C) religion
D) wealth
  • 15. Globalization concerns the __ among countries.
A) conflicts only
B) relationships
C) isolation
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) limiting
B) ignoring
C) increasing
D) removing
  • 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) experimental
B) comparative
C) survey
D) observational
  • 20. The historical method studies __.
A) economic data
B) present events only
C) future predictions
D) past political events
  • 21. Plato and Aristotle are known for their political __.
A) parties
B) systems
C) thoughts
D) institutions
  • 22. Marxist approach focuses mainly on __.
A) religion
B) class struggle and economy
C) law
D) culture
  • 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) 20th
B) 10th
C) 15th
D) 18th
  • 25. Political parties are part of political __.
A) cultures
B) institutions
C) ideologies
D) thoughts
  • 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) kings rule
D) people 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) local
B) international
C) private
D) national
  • 30. Ideology is a set of __ about government.
A) beliefs and ideas
B) buildings
C) rules only
D) punishments
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