1. The textualist approach has been dominant since……

a) 1950

b) 1921

c) 1960

d) 1945

2. Political thought has been described as man’s attempt to consciously understand and solve the problems of his group life and …...

a) Death

b) Depression

c) Organization

d) Men

3. Rousseau first argued for freedom as a fundamental right of humankind, and Karl Marx argued that equality was as crucial as…...

a) Freedom

b) Right

c) Government

d) All of the above

4. ….. thought is the study of questions concerning power, justice,

rights, law, and other issues pertaining to governance.

a) Human

b) Government

c) Political

d) None of the above

5. The matriarchal theory is more sociological than political.

TRUE / FALSE

6. Socrates was an Athenian citizen, born in ….. and left this mortal world

on 399 B.C. and worked as a sculptor.

a) 469 B.C.

b) 133 B.C.

c) 450 B.C.

d) 120 B.C.

7. ….. further classified democracy as another deviation from the ideal state

a) Plato

b) St. Thomas Aquinas

c) Rousseau

d) Karl Marx

8. The work of Socrates greatly influenced …...

a) World

b) Plato

c) Man

d) Government

9. According to ….., the state is an association of families and villages for the sake of attaining a perfect and self-sufficient existence

a) Plato

b) Aristotle

c) Karl

d) Thomas

10. The origin of western political thought has often been traced to the …..

century BC and is often associated with Greece.

a) third

b) fourth

c) fifth

d) tenth

11. For an ideal or good and well-ordered state, both ethics and politics

Must ….. hand in hand.

a) work

b) speak

c) travel

d) All of the above

12. The genetic theory believed that the state is originated from the …...

a) God

b) family

c) man

d) Plato

13. Political thought has no ‘…..’ form and can be in the form of a treatise,

speeches, political commentaries etc.

a) say

b) fixed

c) decision

d) complete

14. St. Thomas Aquinas in 1225-1274 supports the ….. supremacy over the state

a) mosque

b) gods

c) mankind

d) church

15. Most of what we know about Socrates comes from the works of ….., who

was his pupil.

a) science

b) man

c) Plato

d) God

16. ….. was born in Stagira in northern Greece, and his father was a court physician to the king of Macedon.

Ans. Aristotle

17. ….. politics was characterized by the existence of city-states or polis.

a) French

b) Hebrew

c) Greek

d) Government

18. A woman had more than one husband and because of the uncertainly of male parentage, kinship was reckoned through woman that is from mother to daughters.

TRUE / FALSE

19. According to ….., the purpose of the state was to maintain order and

the right of property

a) Hobbes

b) Karl

c) Thomas

d) Aristotle

20. Political philosophy is primarily concerned with right and wrong, good and evil in ….. life

a) social

b) human

c) physical

d) mental

21. The wheel of socio-political unrest was set in motion in ….. land.

a) Igbo

b) Yoruba

c) Benin

d) Hausa

22. Berlin’s critics have taken most seriously is the conceptual distinction Berlin’s

negative and ….. liberty.

a) Berlin

b) Positive

c) people

d) All of the above

23. ….. questions are among those “that remain obstinately philosophical.”

Ans. Normative

24. As far back as fifth century BC, Plato, and Aristotle discussed with their

….. whether monarchy or democracy was better

a) master

b) pupils

c) family

d) students

25. Ottoman lived between the 13th and ….. centuries.

a) 15^t

b) 18^th

c) 20^th

d) 25^th

26. Dan Fodio always preferred conversion and reform to violence and

bloodshed in achieving ….. aims.

a) Christian

b) People

c) Muslim

d) everybody

27. John Locke was born in Somerset Village in England in the year …...

a) 1632

b) 1832

c) 1732

d) 1532

28. Marcus Cicero is one of the outstanding statesmen and orators of the …..

empire.

a) King

b) Roman

c) England

d) Lord

29. There can be no doubt that without fixed territory, there can be no state.

TRUE / FALSE

30. The state where a human institution and hence population is, therefore, an essential element of the state is known as …..

Ans. Population

31. Sophist Antiphon argued that there was no difference between a ….. and a …..

a) Greek , Barbarian.

b) Man, woman

c) State, country

d) Hebrew, Greek

32. The sovereignty of the state has five aspects

TRUE / FALSE

33. Since the ….., there has been a revival of interest in political theory in

the USA, Europe and other parts of the world.

a) 1980s

b) 1990s

c) 1950s

d) 1970s

34. As a discipline, political science is much more comprehensive and

includes different forms of speculation in …..

a) society

b) country

c) politics

d) government

35. ….. defines the constitution as “a certain ordering of the inhabitants of the city–state”.

Ans. Aristotle

36. Internal sovereignty is the state’s monopoly of authority ….. its boundaries.

a) outside

b) between

c) inside

d) Beside

37. The Athenian Court of 501 judges sentenced him to death by a majority of …..

votes

a) 150

b) 120

c) 100

d) 80

38. Generally, Athenian political history and that of other Greek city-states

remained characterized by active party struggle and rapid constitutional

change.

TRUE / FALSE

39. The last degeneration from the ideal state in the views of Plato is …..

Ans. Tyranny

40. Aristotle explains the production of an artifact in terms of ….. causes

a) four

b) three

c) two

d) five

41. Political thought is the study of ….. concerning power, justice,

rights, law, and other issues pertaining to governance.

a) man

b) questions

c) government

d) liberty

42. All but one is the production if an artefact explained by Aristotle

a) Material

b) Formal 

c) Efficient

d) All of the above

43. The two sovereignty of the state aspects are ….. and …..

Ans. internal sovereignty and external sovereignty.

44. Under the feudal system, man’s socioeconomic and political relevance

was dependent on his ….. to the land.

a) acceptance

b) relationship

c) commitment

d) All of the above

45. When we talk about the approaches to analyzing political theory, we are referring to the method of analyzing a text in ….. theory.

a) human

b) science

c) business

d) political

46. Political theory seeks to understand, explain, and analyze the political phenomena and prescribe ways and means to rectify the …..

a) shortcomings

b) out-coming

c) incoming

d) None of the above

47. Political theory deals with the ideas and principles that shape constitutions,governments, and social life systematically

TRUE / FALSE

48. The agency created to enforce such rules of conduct and to ensure obedience is called …...

a) Law enforcement

b) government

c) politics

d) Lawmaking

49. Marxist political theory is a theory of social change and revolutionary

reconstitution of …..

a) community

b) individual

c) society

d) man

50. The ….. of the state is a matter of speculation and controversial discussion.

a) matter

b) origin

c) people

d) rule