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Introduction to Political Science - Pre Exam Obj
Contributed by: Salahudeen
  • 1. Political science is mainly the study of the __.
A) state
B) school
C) market
D) family
  • 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) Hobbes
B) Easton
C) Garner
D) Plato
  • 4. Political science begins and ends with the state according to __.
A) Janet
B) Garner
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) traditional
C) behavioural
D) Marxist
  • 7. Which approach focuses on human political behaviour?
A) Systems
B) Historical
C) Behavioural
D) Traditional
  • 8. The systems approach is associated with __.
A) Lasswell
B) Easton
C) Marx
D) Plato
  • 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) ideologies
B) concepts
C) institutions
D) cultures
  • 11. The executive, legislature and judiciary are __.
A) political thoughts
B) political cultures
C) political institutions
D) political parties
  • 12. Elections and law making are examples of political __.
A) systems
B) processes
C) culture
D) ideologies
  • 13. Citizenship refers to __.
A) paying tax
B) voting in elections
C) living in a country
D) legal membership of a state
  • 14. Political culture means people’s __ towards politics.
A) language
B) religion
C) attitudes and beliefs
D) wealth
  • 15. Globalization concerns the __ among countries.
A) conflicts only
B) traditions
C) relationships
D) isolation
  • 16. The supreme law of the land is the __.
A) policy
B) constitution
C) decree
D) manifesto
  • 17. Constitutionalism means __ government power.
A) removing
B) increasing
C) ignoring
D) limiting
  • 18. Which method compares political systems of different countries?
A) Historical
B) Statistical
C) Comparative
D) Observational
  • 19. Watching political behaviour in real life is the __ method.
A) experimental
B) observational
C) comparative
D) survey
  • 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) systems
B) parties
C) thoughts
D) institutions
  • 22. Marxist approach focuses mainly on __.
A) culture
B) class struggle and economy
C) religion
D) law
  • 23. Survey method involves __.
A) guessing
B) observation only
C) asking questions to people
D) experiments
  • 24. The behavioural approach developed in the __ century.
A) 18th
B) 15th
C) 20th
D) 10th
  • 25. Political parties are part of political __.
A) institutions
B) thoughts
C) ideologies
D) cultures
  • 26. Sovereignty means __.
A) foreign rule
B) voting rights
C) supreme power of the state
D) sharing power
  • 27. Democracy is a system where __.
A) soldiers rule
B) people rule
C) kings rule
D) judges rule
  • 28. The study of politics through laws and philosophy is the __ approach.
A) systems
B) survey
C) behavioural
D) traditional
  • 29. AU and ECOWAS are examples of __ organizations.
A) private
B) local
C) international
D) national
  • 30. Ideology is a set of __ about government.
A) rules only
B) beliefs and ideas
C) punishments
D) buildings
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