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