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