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