Chapters
| 1. |
Which of the following is not a characteristic of Joint family? |
| A. | Co-residentiality |
| B. | Joint ownership of property |
| C. | Private ownership of property |
| D. | Common worship |
| Answer» C. Private ownership of property | |
| 2. |
An essential ingredient of ‘Jointness’ in the term joint family according to TN Madan is |
| A. | Commensality |
| B. | Joint ownership of property |
| C. | Fulfilment of obligation towards kin |
| D. | Fulfilment of karma |
| Answer» A. Commensality | |
| 3. |
Which of the following factors has led to a breakdown of the link between kinship and the occupational structures in the joint family system? |
| A. | Urbanisation |
| B. | Industrialisation |
| C. | Legislative measures |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 4. |
Joint family |
| A. | Consists of at least four generations |
| B. | Is also known as undivided family |
| C. | Was never known during the vedic period |
| D. | Is separate dwelling |
| Answer» A. Consists of at least four generations | |
| 5. |
Changes in the joint family lead to |
| A. | A rise in the status of women |
| B. | An increase in the size of family |
| C. | Greater attachment to traditional occupations |
| D. | Greater economic interdependence |
| Answer» D. Greater economic interdependence | |
| 6. |
A extended family may include all of the following members except |
| A. | Aunts |
| B. | Cousins |
| C. | Great-grandparents |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 7. |
Joint family in India is characterised as an extended kin group by |
| A. | A.R Desai |
| B. | K.M Kapadia |
| C. | Irawati Karve |
| D. | A.D Ross |
| Answer» D. A.D Ross | |
| 8. |
Which of the following is not a primary kin? |
| A. | Mother |
| B. | Father |
| C. | Uncle |
| D. | Brother |
| Answer» C. Uncle | |
| 9. |
The extended family is the opposite of nuclear family. It does not exist in |
| A. | USA |
| B. | India |
| C. | Bangladesh |
| D. | Nepal |
| Answer» A. USA | |
| 10. |
Which type of residence does not help the formation of extended family? |
| A. | Virilocality |
| B. | Avunculocality |
| C. | Uxorilocality |
| D. | Neolocality |
| Answer» D. Neolocality | |
| 11. |
The practice of levirate is found in |
| A. | Matrilineal societies |
| B. | Patrilineal Societies |
| C. | Bi-lineal societies |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Patrilineal Societies | |
| 12. |
Which of the following kinship terms indicates that father’s sister is given greater importance than the Mother? |
| A. | Amitate |
| B. | Avunculate |
| C. | Couvade |
| D. | Teknonymy |
| Answer» D. Teknonymy | |
| 13. |
Which of the following types of descent is found among the Yako of Nigeria? |
| A. | Matrilineal |
| B. | Patrilineal |
| C. | Bilateral |
| D. | Double |
| Answer» A. Matrilineal | |
| 14. |
Bilateral descent is a kinship principle in which people belong to the kinship groups of both their |
| A. | Mother and Father |
| B. | Uncle and aunt |
| C. | Brother and sister |
| D. | Father and sister |
| Answer» D. Father and sister | |
| 15. |
Who among the following follow the matrilineal family system? |
| A. | Nairs of Kerala |
| B. | Bhils |
| C. | Kadars |
| D. | Muslims |
| Answer» A. Nairs of Kerala | |
| 16. |
In matrilocal family the husband goes to live in the house of his- |
| A. | uncle |
| B. | wife |
| C. | aunty |
| D. | grandfather |
| Answer» B. wife | |
| 17. |
Which one of the following statements about kinship is NOT true? |
| A. | Its usages create group of kins |
| B. | It creates relationship structure |
| C. | It defines role of different relationships |
| D. | It indicates expected behaviour of kins |
| Answer» D. It indicates expected behaviour of kins | |
| 18. |
The Child Marriage Act amended in 1929 raised the minimum age of marriage for girls from- |
| A. | 15-18years |
| B. | 20-25years |
| C. | 14-20years |
| D. | 30-35years |
| Answer» A. 15-18years | |
| 19. |
The prevalence of arranged marriages in India is related to |
| A. | the rules of endogamy that confine marriage alliance within specified groups |
| B. | the rules of exogamy that disallow marriage within one's clan/village/neighbourhood |
| C. | regulations about prescriptive (allowing) and prescriptive (prohibiting) nature of rules, guiding marriage among parallel and cross cousins |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 20. |
Which one of the following is the family unit of Kodavas? |
| A. | Ghar |
| B. | Biradari |
| C. | Chulah |
| D. | Okka |
| Answer» D. Okka | |
| 21. |
The family of orientation denotes a family |
| A. | In which a person is born and is socialized |
| B. | In which a woman is married |
| C. | In oriental countries |
| D. | Which conducts an orientation course |
| Answer» A. In which a person is born and is socialized | |
| 22. |
The bond between the blood relative is called- |
| A. | Affinal kins |
| B. | Consanguineal kins |
| C. | Primary kins |
| D. | Secondary kins |
| Answer» B. Consanguineal kins | |
| 23. |
Affinal kin include one’s |
| A. | Father |
| B. | Father-in-law |
| C. | Brother |
| D. | Father’s brother |
| Answer» B. Father-in-law | |
| 24. |
Family started with patriarch belongs to the theory of |
| A. | Matriarchal |
| B. | Patriarchal |
| C. | Polygamy |
| D. | Feminist theory |
| Answer» B. Patriarchal | |
| 25. |
Which of the following theories about the origin of the family believed that in the past offering of wife or daughter to a guest was considered as a mark of hospitality? |
| A. | Sex communism |
| B. | Polygamy |
| C. | Patriarchal |
| D. | Polyandry |
| Answer» A. Sex communism | |
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