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