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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in Sociology (BA Sociology) , Sociology (CBCS) .
Chapters
| 51. |
Primitive people marry |
| A. | Full age |
| B. | Young |
| C. | Unapproved |
| D. | Secretly |
| Answer» B. Young | |
| 52. |
The Hindu concept of widowhood is absent among |
| A. | The Tribal |
| B. | The Eskimos |
| C. | The North Indian |
| D. | European |
| Answer» A. The Tribal | |
| 53. |
When a person marries outside social group is |
| A. | Endogamy |
| B. | Monogamy |
| C. | Exogamy |
| D. | Polygamy |
| Answer» C. Exogamy | |
| 54. |
When a person marries within his own group |
| A. | Exogamy |
| B. | Endogamy |
| C. | Polyandry |
| D. | Polygyny |
| Answer» B. Endogamy | |
| 55. |
Monogamy appears to be a natural form of |
| A. | Friendship’ |
| B. | Relationship |
| C. | Marriage |
| D. | Primary group |
| Answer» C. Marriage | |
| 56. |
The classical Hindu joint family is getting weak in the context of |
| A. | Globalization |
| B. | Primitive society |
| C. | New religious order |
| D. | Modern law |
| Answer» A. Globalization | |
| 57. |
The prospective spouses meet each other before actually entering into marriage bond is called marriage by |
| A. | Capture |
| B. | Probation |
| C. | Purchase |
| D. | Trial |
| Answer» B. Probation | |
| 58. |
In Civilized society, marriage by capture is |
| A. | Approved |
| B. | Encourage |
| C. | Condemned |
| D. | Celebrated |
| Answer» C. Condemned | |
| 59. |
When one or both the parents object to the love marriage, the partners resort to marriage by |
| A. | Purchase |
| B. | Trial |
| C. | Probation |
| D. | Elopement |
| Answer» D. Elopement | |
| 60. |
In order to give legitimacy to sex hunger there is always some institution of |
| A. | Property |
| B. | Marriage |
| C. | Adoption |
| D. | Transfer of wealth |
| Answer» B. Marriage | |
| 61. |
Marriage is a result of |
| A. | Civil or Political |
| B. | Civil or Financial |
| C. | Civil or Religious ceremony |
| D. | Civil or Cultural ceremony |
| Answer» C. Civil or Religious ceremony | |
| 62. |
When marriage is contracted within the caste |
| A. | Race endogamy |
| B. | Sub-caste endogamy |
| C. | Caste endogamy |
| D. | Class endogamy |
| Answer» C. Caste endogamy | |
| 63. |
Matrilineal societies can be seen among |
| A. | The Garo |
| B. | The Mizo |
| C. | The Assamese |
| D. | The Naga |
| Answer» A. The Garo | |
| 64. |
The most prevalent method of securing bride in primitive societies is marriage by |
| A. | Elopement |
| B. | Purchase |
| C. | Service |
| D. | Intrusion |
| Answer» B. Purchase | |
| 65. |
The type of marriage when a person dies, his younger brother marries his wife |
| A. | Sororate |
| B. | Levirate |
| C. | Bigamy |
| D. | Polyandry |
| Answer» B. Levirate | |
| 66. |
Like most species of animals, human beings must mate in order to |
| A. | Live together |
| B. | Share their feelings |
| C. | Reproduce themselves |
| D. | Bring peace |
| Answer» C. Reproduce themselves | |
| 67. |
Human infants have the longest period of |
| A. | Infant dependency |
| B. | Learning |
| C. | Sleeping |
| D. | Breast feeding |
| Answer» A. Infant dependency | |
| 68. |
Marriage rules are conventionally prescribed by the |
| A. | Parents |
| B. | Elders |
| C. | Roommates |
| D. | Society |
| Answer» D. Society | |
| 69. |
Endogamy is also sometimes extended to village |
| A. | Endogamy |
| B. | Council |
| C. | Headman |
| D. | Group |
| Answer» A. Endogamy | |
| 70. |
In matrilineal society every child belongs to its |
| A. | Mother’s lineage |
| B. | Father’s lineage |
| C. | Uncle’s lineage |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Mother’s lineage | |
| 71. |
Dissolution of marriage is made difficult by |
| A. | Religious sacrament |
| B. | Religious festival |
| C. | Religious celebration |
| D. | Religious duty |
| Answer» A. Religious sacrament | |
| 72. |
The marriage ceremony consists of a series of ritual |
| A. | Lamentation |
| B. | Performances |
| C. | Sacrifices |
| D. | Feast and sacrifice |
| Answer» B. Performances | |
| 73. |
Female infanticide leads to scarcity of |
| A. | Friends |
| B. | Workers |
| C. | Women |
| D. | Population |
| Answer» C. Women | |
| 74. |
The most universal prohibition regarding marriage is the union between |
| A. | Human and non-human |
| B. | Blood relationship |
| C. | Same age group |
| D. | Similar talent |
| Answer» B. Blood relationship | |
| 75. |
Incest has been defined as the sexual transaction between |
| A. | Parents relationship |
| B. | Community relationship |
| C. | Blood relationship |
| D. | Animal relationship |
| Answer» D. Animal relationship | |
| 76. |
No one can deny that biological aim of marriage is the |
| A. | Primary aim of society |
| B. | Secondary aim of society |
| C. | Regular aim of society |
| D. | Independent aim of individual |
| Answer» A. Primary aim of society | |
| 77. |
Social anthropologist believes that some sort of marriage institution is found in every |
| A. | Human society |
| B. | Linguistic society |
| C. | Merchant society |
| D. | Animal society |
| Answer» A. Human society | |
| 78. |
In the evolution of marriage endogamy takes the |
| A. | Third stage |
| B. | Second stage |
| C. | Fourth stage |
| D. | First stage |
| Answer» D. First stage | |
| 79. |
In food-gathering societies, the status of male and female is |
| A. | Not equal |
| B. | Almost equal |
| C. | So much different |
| D. | Not the issue |
| Answer» B. Almost equal | |
| 80. |
Sagotra and Sapravara marriages are forbidden by |
| A. | Muslim law |
| B. | Christian marriage |
| C. | Hindu Dharma Shastra |
| D. | Buddhist law |
| Answer» C. Hindu Dharma Shastra | |
| 81. |
Family is an important and primary unit of any |
| A. | Social organization |
| B. | Religious organization |
| C. | Cultural organization |
| D. | Scientific organization |
| Answer» A. Social organization | |
| 82. |
It is the family which rears and brings up |
| A. | Grand parents |
| B. | Non family members |
| C. | A child |
| D. | Strangers. |
| Answer» C. A child | |
| 83. |
I.P Desai made a break through by stating that the Indian family essentially |
| A. | Nuclear family |
| B. | A joint family |
| C. | Agricultural family |
| D. | Traders family |
| Answer» B. A joint family | |
| 84. |
The family is a social group characterized by common |
| A. | Language |
| B. | Kitchen |
| C. | Bank account |
| D. | Residence |
| Answer» D. Residence | |
| 85. |
The structure of the family varies from |
| A. | Their colour of skin |
| B. | Their occupation |
| C. | Society to Society |
| D. | House to house |
| Answer» C. Society to Society | |
| 86. |
According to Strauss, the prime condition of a family is |
| A. | Building |
| B. | Family |
| C. | Agricultural land |
| D. | Forest |
| Answer» B. Family | |
| 87. |
True family is a Universal |
| A. | Social Institution |
| B. | Educational institution |
| C. | Cultural institution |
| D. | Religious institution. |
| Answer» A. Social Institution | |
| 88. |
In bilateral family form, family descent is stressed from |
| A. | Only mother |
| B. | Both the parents |
| C. | Only father |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Both the parents | |
| 89. |
Family is universal institution and it is created to fulfill some basic needs of |
| A. | Parents |
| B. | Boys |
| C. | Girls |
| D. | Mankind |
| Answer» D. Mankind | |
| 90. |
In Social Anthropology, generally, when we talk about family, we have to look at it in the context of |
| A. | Modern life |
| B. | Medieval life |
| C. | Rural life |
| D. | Primitive life |
| Answer» D. Primitive life | |
| 91. |
Talcott Parsons calls the nuclear family |
| A. | Group of people |
| B. | Isolated family |
| C. | Small family |
| D. | Traditional family |
| Answer» B. Isolated family | |
| 92. |
Extended family consists of |
| A. | Specific members |
| B. | Community |
| C. | A woman, her husband, children and married children |
| D. | All the neighbors’ family |
| Answer» C. A woman, her husband, children and married children | |
| 93. |
Iravati Karve defines the joint family as where |
| A. | All the members live under one roof |
| B. | Members live in various houses |
| C. | Members live elsewhere |
| D. | Members do not have close relationship |
| Answer» A. All the members live under one roof | |
| 94. |
Matrilocal family is a family in which the marriage couple resides with |
| A. | Brother’s family |
| B. | Husband’s family |
| C. | Uncle’s family |
| D. | Wife’s family |
| Answer» D. Wife’s family | |
| 95. |
In Polyandrous family, a woman has |
| A. | One husband |
| B. | Several husbands |
| C. | Two husbands |
| D. | Limited husbands |
| Answer» B. Several husbands | |
| 96. |
In the words of MacIver and Page, the family has |
| A. | Specific origin |
| B. | End |
| C. | No origin |
| D. | Continuity |
| Answer» C. No origin | |
| 97. |
The child’s first school is his home and his |
| A. | Church |
| B. | Neighbors |
| C. | Family |
| D. | Classroom |
| Answer» C. Family | |
| 98. |
According to Hindu Shastras procreation is the main function of |
| A. | The member |
| B. | The family |
| C. | Father |
| D. | Mother |
| Answer» B. The family | |
| 99. |
The fundamental functions of the family according to Reed is to regulate and gratify |
| A. | Sexual need |
| B. | Hunger for food |
| C. | Thirst for knowledge |
| D. | General knowledge |
| Answer» A. Sexual need | |
| 100. |
A family where the entire authority is in the hands of the father is called |
| A. | Matriarchal family |
| B. | Patriarchal family |
| C. | Patrilineal family |
| D. | Matrilineal family |
| Answer» B. Patriarchal family | |
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