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