McqMate
These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Sociology (CBCS) .
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» A. Amitate | |
| 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 | |
| 26. |
Sir Henry Main gave |
| A. | Sex communism |
| B. | Patriarchal theory |
| C. | Theory of polygamy |
| D. | Matriarchal theory |
| Answer» C. Theory of polygamy | |
| 27. |
Which of the following is not true for joint family system? |
| A. | Family has a combined kitchen |
| B. | Ownership of sources of production but not that of consumption belongs to whole family |
| C. | None of above |
| D. | Ownership of source of production |
| Answer» D. Ownership of source of production | |
| 28. |
Which of the following is not an important advantage of a joint family system? |
| A. | It encourage savings |
| B. | It makes leisure possible |
| C. | It provides social security |
| D. | It encourages individualism |
| Answer» D. It encourages individualism | |
| 29. |
Joint family system is on the decline, which of the following is not the main cause for its disintegration? |
| A. | There is increased agricultural production |
| B. | There is increased pressure on land |
| C. | There is increased western influence |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 30. |
According to Iravati Karve, the ancient family in India was joint in terms of |
| A. | Residence |
| B. | Property |
| C. | Functional |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 31. |
Which is considered as essential to the origin of the family? |
| A. | Sexual urge |
| B. | Economic need |
| C. | Need for procreation |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 32. |
The joint family system in the villages continue to exist. Mark out among the following the reason that does not explain its survival |
| A. | Villagers are tradition bound |
| B. | They have deep faith in the family bonds |
| C. | Their work demands an integrated local effort |
| D. | It survives since the village community is not civilised enough to discard it |
| Answer» D. It survives since the village community is not civilised enough to discard it | |
| 33. |
In simple society primary kinship group is importance for an individual |
| A. | Because kinship obligations are binding and therefore, disciplining |
| B. | Because it is the major source of security for the individual |
| C. | Because it is the co-operative group and meets the immediate needs and demands |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 34. |
Which of the following state that separate families were held together by the authority and protection of elder male descent? |
| A. | Max Weber |
| B. | Sir Henry Maine |
| C. | G. Duncan Mitchell |
| D. | Emile Durkheim |
| Answer» B. Sir Henry Maine | |
| 35. |
Joint family or extended family is the most common and uniform family pattern found in |
| A. | India |
| B. | USA |
| C. | Africa |
| D. | Germany |
| Answer» A. India | |
| 36. |
I.P.Desai made a study of urban families in Mahuwa in Gujarat in |
| A. | 1955 |
| B. | 1954 |
| C. | 1957 |
| D. | 1960 |
| Answer» A. 1955 | |
| 37. |
In which year was The Prevention of Sati Act introduced |
| A. | 1829 |
| B. | 1893 |
| C. | 1824 |
| D. | 1826 |
| Answer» A. 1829 | |
| 38. |
The joint family does not provide proper opportunities for the members to develop their |
| A. | Relationship |
| B. | Demands |
| C. | Role |
| D. | Talents |
| Answer» D. Talents | |
| 39. |
Muslim families were largely joint families based on the principle of |
| A. | Patriarch |
| B. | Polygyny |
| C. | Matrilocal |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Patriarch | |
| 40. |
“Marriage is a socially approved way of establishing a family of procreation”. Whose definition is this? |
| A. | Gillin and Gillin |
| B. | Westermark |
| C. | C.B. Mamoria |
| D. | M.N. Srinivas |
| Answer» A. Gillin and Gillin | |
| 41. |
A marriage in which a woman of upper caste marries a man of lower caste is known as: |
| A. | Exogamy |
| B. | Hypogamy |
| C. | Hypergamy |
| D. | Endogamy |
| Answer» C. Hypergamy | |
| 42. |
Marriage of a woman to her husband’s brother is known as: |
| A. | Sororate |
| B. | Polyandry |
| C. | Levirate |
| D. | Cross – cousin marriage |
| Answer» C. Levirate | |
| 43. |
Among the Hindus of India, marriage is a : |
| A. | Contract ( |
| B. | Sacrament |
| C. | Legal necessity |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 44. |
Which is the common form of Hindu Exogamy? |
| A. | Pravan Exogamy |
| B. | Caste Exogamy |
| C. | Gotra Exogamy |
| D. | Sapinda Exogamy |
| Answer» D. Sapinda Exogamy | |
| 45. |
“Marriage is a relatively permanent bond between permissible mates”. Who said this? |
| A. | Plato |
| B. | Lundberg |
| C. | Louse |
| D. | Westermark |
| Answer» C. Louse | |
| 46. |
When was The Hindu Marriage Act passed? |
| A. | 1940 |
| B. | 1950 |
| C. | 1955 |
| D. | 1960 |
| Answer» C. 1955 | |
| 47. |
Which of the following comes under the patterns of ‘Joking relationship’ among the patrilineal Hindu families in North India? |
| A. | Between ego and his father’s brother |
| B. | Between ego and his mother-in-law |
| C. | Between ego and his elder brother’s wife |
| D. | Between ego and his sister’s son |
| Answer» C. Between ego and his elder brother’s wife | |
| 48. |
What is the purest form of Hindu Marriage? |
| A. | Brahma Vivaha |
| B. | Daiva Vivaha |
| C. | Arsha Vivaha |
| D. | Prajapatya Vivaha |
| Answer» A. Brahma Vivaha | |
| 49. |
The type of marriage in which a girl selects her husband by herself is: |
| A. | Asura Vivaha |
| B. | Gandharva Vivaha |
| C. | Rakshasa Vivaha |
| D. | Paisacha Vivaha |
| Answer» B. Gandharva Vivaha | |
| 50. |
The form of marriage found among the Hindus is: |
| A. | Polygyny |
| B. | Polyandry |
| C. | Monogamy |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Polyandry | |
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