The three primary components of every political system include the political

community; the regime; and the______?

Authorities

Comparative politics is interested in institutions of government and the______ of

actors operating the system
Behaviour

Philosophers who studied government on comparative basis used the ______ approach
Descriptive

In Nigeria, collection of a large proportion of national revenue is vested in

the______Government
Federal

Comparative politics is characterised by an empirical approach based on

the__________
Comparative method

With the advent of_________ , models have gained increasing importance to the study
of politics?
Behaviouralism

In American presidential model

The party that wins the highest seats in parliament forms government

The Nigerian federalism evolved out of series of historical accidents engineered

by_________
British government

The traditional approach embraces the historical, legalistic

and_________approaches.
institutional

The philosophers who belong to the renaissance period were highly______ in their
study?
normative

Federal dominance in public policy initiatives is a feature of the federalism

Nigerian

___approach to comparative government has been criticised as being static and

formalistic
Descriptive

Which of the following, according to the system theory, is not one of the three
primary components of every political system
The institutions

A simplified representation of reality in descriptive or abstract form is known as

model

Which approach to the study of comparative government grew out of a response to the
historicism of the nineteen centuries?
Traditional approach

Which phase in comparative politics emphasised reason and science in philosophy and
in the study of human culture and the natural world?
The age of Enlightenment
David Easton developed a unique systemic approach for the purpose of
political analysis

A theory is a set of propositions and/or that are logically related to each other
hypotheses

____in the understanding of political phenomenon is referred to as the 4€ master

strategya€™?
Comparative method

A _____is a word, a term, or a label that applies to a whole class or category of

phenomena or ideas
concent

1. Philosophers who studied______on comparative basis used the descriptive

approach

--->> government

state

politic

society

2. Comparative politics focuses on the

--->>

3. Comparative Politics is to enable us understand the diversity of processes and

institutions of _________ across ages

people

--->> states

societies

politics

4. With the advent of behaviouralism, _________ have gained increasing importance

to the study of politics?

behaviours

concepts

debates

--->> models
5. What does comparative politics seeks to explain?

The workings of government

--->> The differences and similarities between/among countries

The relationships that exist among arms of government

How politics should be played using comparative analysis

6. Comparative politics is interested in_____of government and the behaviour of

actors operating the system

challenges

character

--->> institutions

environment

7. The philosophers who belong to the_____ period were highly normative in their
study?

--->> renaissance

enlightenment

contemporary

modern

8. Nigeria inherited ___________ system but changed to presidential system

--->> parliamentary

pre-colonial

traditional

unitary

9. What is the second phase in the development of comparative politics?

Traditional period

--->> Renaissance period

Modern period

The age of enlightenment

10. Arend Lijphart argues that comparative politics does not have a substantive
focus in itself, but rather a _________ one

temporary

casual
 --->> methodological

political

1. Descriptive approach focuses on describing the_______ and_________of government

laws and structure

--->> structure and institutions

institutions and laws

institutions and policies

2. A problem which depends upon the perspective from which one sees the world is
called ________

Personal bias

Selection bias

--->> Value bias

Individual bias

3. _________is regarded as the cornerstone of the Rule of law

A dependent judiciary

An independent legislature

A strong executive

--->> An independent judiciary

4. The study of Comparative Politics helps to overcome_______ associated with

ethnocentrism

Debates

Pretences

--->> Biases

Angers

5. Those who exercise power as the agents of the state at any given time constitute
the________?

Policy makers

--->> Political authorities

Politicians

Ruling elite
6. One of the hallmarks of comparative politics is the adoption
of___________method

Comparative

Empirical

Traditional

--->> Scientific

7. The new approaches to the study of Government and Politics place more emphasis
on___________?

Logic

--->> Empiricism

Data

Contents

8. The modern era took political studies out of the traditional domain by adopting
the ______tools

--->> scientific

mathematical

statistical

computerized

9. ____________strictly seeks to develop theory with medium levels of abstraction?

General-range theory

Low-range theory

General theory

--->> Middle-range theory

10. In a_____ system of government, the ministers of the executive branch are
drawn from the legislature

--->> Parliamentary

Presidential

cabinet

Confederal

1. The American federalism was established through a process of__________

--->> Aggregation
 Amalgamation

Intimidation

Unification

2. There are ______different phases in the development of Comparative Politics

Three

--->> Four

Two

Five

3. The earliest adopted method of comparing political institutions was __________?

--->> Comparative Government

Comparative Politics

Comparative Foreign Policy

Comparative Public Administration

4. The Age of Enlightenment in the development of comparative politics is

the_______ epoch.

fourth

first

--->> third

second

5. John Locke and Thomas Hobbes were among the major actors in the_________period

Enlightenment

Modern

Traditional

--->> Renaissance

6. The independence of the judiciary is the foundation of observance of_______

Human privileges

Human welfare

--->> Human rights

Human dignity

7. ________developed a unique systemic approach for the purpose of political

analysis
 --->> David Easton

Gabriel Almond

Harold Lasswell

Herbert Spencer

8. Descriptive approach to comparative government has been criticised as being

static and _________

Totalistic

--->> Formalistic

Scientific

Fatalistic

9. Which of the following statements is incorrect about the traditional approach to

the study of comparative government

It is narrow and parochial

It adopts the historical method

--->> It is essentially comparative

It is descriptive in approach

10. The American experience on resource control has been described as

a______federalism

Free

Rigid

Decentralized

--->> Competitive