Introduction to Political Science - Pre Exam Obj
  • 1. Political science is mainly the study of the __.
A) school
B) market
C) state
D) family
  • 2. Who defined politics as “who gets what, when and how”?
A) Aristotle
B) Karl Marx
C) Harold Lasswell
D) David Easton
  • 3. The authoritative allocation of values was defined by __.
A) Garner
B) Easton
C) Plato
D) Hobbes
  • 4. Political science begins and ends with the state according to __.
A) Gilchrist
B) Locke
C) Janet
D) Garner
  • 5. Politics mainly deals with __.
A) religion
B) education
C) power and authority
D) trade
  • 6. The study of political institutions is known as __ approach.
A) behavioural
B) traditional
C) Marxist
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) Plato
C) Marx
D) Easton
  • 9. Liberalism, socialism and communism are examples of __.
A) laws
B) cultures
C) ideologies
D) institutions
  • 10. Power, authority and legitimacy are __ in political science.
A) cultures
B) concepts
C) institutions
D) ideologies
  • 11. The executive, legislature and judiciary are __.
A) political parties
B) political thoughts
C) political cultures
D) political institutions
  • 12. Elections and law making are examples of political __.
A) culture
B) processes
C) ideologies
D) systems
  • 13. Citizenship refers to __.
A) living in a country
B) paying tax
C) legal membership of a state
D) voting in elections
  • 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) relationships
B) isolation
C) conflicts only
D) traditions
  • 16. The supreme law of the land is the __.
A) constitution
B) policy
C) decree
D) manifesto
  • 17. Constitutionalism means __ government power.
A) increasing
B) removing
C) limiting
D) ignoring
  • 18. Which method compares political systems of different countries?
A) Observational
B) Historical
C) Statistical
D) Comparative
  • 19. Watching political behaviour in real life is the __ method.
A) survey
B) experimental
C) observational
D) comparative
  • 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) institutions
C) thoughts
D) parties
  • 22. Marxist approach focuses mainly on __.
A) religion
B) law
C) culture
D) class struggle and economy
  • 23. Survey method involves __.
A) guessing
B) observation only
C) experiments
D) asking questions to people
  • 24. The behavioural approach developed in the __ century.
A) 10th
B) 15th
C) 20th
D) 18th
  • 25. Political parties are part of political __.
A) institutions
B) cultures
C) ideologies
D) thoughts
  • 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) people rule
D) soldiers rule
  • 28. The study of politics through laws and philosophy is the __ approach.
A) behavioural
B) systems
C) traditional
D) survey
  • 29. AU and ECOWAS are examples of __ organizations.
A) national
B) local
C) private
D) international
  • 30. Ideology is a set of __ about government.
A) beliefs and ideas
B) punishments
C) buildings
D) rules only
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