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