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) David Easton
B) Karl Marx
C) Aristotle
D) Harold Lasswell
  • 3. The authoritative allocation of values was defined by __.
A) Plato
B) Easton
C) Hobbes
D) Garner
  • 4. Political science begins and ends with the state according to __.
A) Locke
B) Garner
C) Janet
D) Gilchrist
  • 5. Politics mainly deals with __.
A) education
B) trade
C) power and authority
D) religion
  • 6. The study of political institutions is known as __ approach.
A) traditional
B) Marxist
C) behavioural
D) institutional
  • 7. Which approach focuses on human political behaviour?
A) Behavioural
B) Systems
C) Historical
D) Traditional
  • 8. The systems approach is associated with __.
A) Lasswell
B) Easton
C) Plato
D) Marx
  • 9. Liberalism, socialism and communism are examples of __.
A) laws
B) institutions
C) cultures
D) ideologies
  • 10. Power, authority and legitimacy are __ in political science.
A) concepts
B) cultures
C) institutions
D) ideologies
  • 11. The executive, legislature and judiciary are __.
A) political parties
B) political thoughts
C) political institutions
D) political cultures
  • 12. Elections and law making are examples of political __.
A) processes
B) ideologies
C) systems
D) culture
  • 13. Citizenship refers to __.
A) paying tax
B) living in a country
C) legal membership of a state
D) voting in elections
  • 14. Political culture means people’s __ towards politics.
A) wealth
B) attitudes and beliefs
C) religion
D) language
  • 15. Globalization concerns the __ among countries.
A) relationships
B) traditions
C) conflicts only
D) isolation
  • 16. The supreme law of the land is the __.
A) decree
B) manifesto
C) constitution
D) policy
  • 17. Constitutionalism means __ government power.
A) limiting
B) increasing
C) ignoring
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) observational
B) experimental
C) survey
D) comparative
  • 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) institutions
B) systems
C) thoughts
D) parties
  • 22. Marxist approach focuses mainly on __.
A) law
B) culture
C) religion
D) class struggle and economy
  • 23. Survey method involves __.
A) guessing
B) asking questions to people
C) experiments
D) observation only
  • 24. The behavioural approach developed in the __ century.
A) 15th
B) 20th
C) 10th
D) 18th
  • 25. Political parties are part of political __.
A) thoughts
B) cultures
C) ideologies
D) institutions
  • 26. Sovereignty means __.
A) supreme power of the state
B) foreign rule
C) voting rights
D) sharing power
  • 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) traditional
B) systems
C) survey
D) behavioural
  • 29. AU and ECOWAS are examples of __ organizations.
A) national
B) private
C) local
D) international
  • 30. Ideology is a set of __ about government.
A) beliefs and ideas
B) buildings
C) rules only
D) punishments
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