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