POL111
1. The scientific approach in Political Science refers to
the methodology which a Political Scientist adopts
acceptance, rejection or modification of hypothesis when tested with available data
Information from scientific journal
The methods being employed by the practitioners of the discipline.
2. Comparative Politics, one of the major branches of Political Science best applies following characteristics of a science except
An agreement on methods
The capacity to generalize and make predictions
The impossibility of verification of the data as well as the generalizations
The possibility of a consistent, concise and connected formulation
3. Who defined politics as a social process characterized by activity involving rivalry and co-operation in the exercise of power, culminating in the making of decision for a group
Harold Laswell
David Easton
William Bluhm
Aristotle
4. To avert the problem of governing, or maintaining order, in a complex society, politics is said to be:
the master science not in the sense that it includes or explains all other sciences
only one possible solution to the problem of order
the rule of one group in their own interest
Discovering the differences in tribe and religion of people
5. Which of these does not fall within the different phases of development of the field of political science according to Varma?
Historical – analytical
Normative –prescriptive
Legal-institutional
Theoretical Sociological
6. The scientific method of political science is closely associated with
Behavioural Revolution
Post-behaviouralism
Post-experimentalism
Utilitarianism
7. The Great Depression is a paragon intersection between politics and
Sociology
Ethics
Economics
History
8. The scientific approach in Political Science refers to
the methodology which a Political Scientist adopts
acceptance, rejection or modification of hypothesis when tested with available data
Information from scientific journal
The methods being employed by the practitioners of the discipline.
9. A commonsensical basis for defining politics would ___________
Equate politics with government
Explain politics as science
Define politics as behaviour of political actors
All of the above
10. In what nature can political science serve the rich and advanced nations without losing sight of the myriad of socio-economic problems confronting poor countries of the Third world?
Behavioural Revolution
Post-behaviouralism
Post-experimentalism
Utilitarianism
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