1. Which of the following is not a characteristic of Joint family?
Correct : C. Private ownership of property
2. An essential ingredient of ‘Jointness’ in the term joint family according to TN Madan is
Correct : 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?
Correct : D. All of the above
4. Joint family
Correct : A. Consists of at least four generations
5. Changes in the joint family lead to
Correct : D. Greater economic interdependence
6. A extended family may include all of the following members except
Correct : D. All of the above
7. Joint family in India is characterised as an extended kin group by
Correct : D. A.D Ross
8. Which of the following is not a primary kin?
Correct : C. Uncle
9. The extended family is the opposite of nuclear family. It does not exist in
Correct : A. USA
10. Which type of residence does not help the formation of extended family?
Correct : D. Neolocality
11. The practice of levirate is found in
Correct : B. Patrilineal Societies
12. Which of the following kinship terms indicates that father’s sister is given greater importance
than the Mother?
Correct : D. Teknonymy
13. Which of the following types of descent is found among the Yako of Nigeria?
Correct : A. Matrilineal
14. Bilateral descent is a kinship principle in which people belong to the kinship groups of both
their
Correct : D. Father and sister
15. Who among the following follow the matrilineal family system?
Correct : A. Nairs of Kerala
16. In matrilocal family the husband goes to live in the house of his-
Correct : B. wife
17. Which one of the following statements about kinship is NOT true?
Correct : D. It indicates expected behaviour of kins
18. The Child Marriage Act amended in 1929 raised the minimum age of marriage for girls from-
Correct : A. 15-18years
19. The prevalence of arranged marriages in India is related to
Correct : D. All of the above
20. Which one of the following is the family unit of Kodavas?
Correct : D. Okka
21. The family of orientation denotes a family
Correct : A. In which a person is born and is socialized
22. The bond between the blood relative is called-
Correct : B. Consanguineal kins
23. Affinal kin include one’s
Correct : B. Father-in-law
24. Family started with patriarch belongs to the theory of
Correct : 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?
Correct : A. Sex communism
26. Sir Henry Main gave
Correct : C. Theory of polygamy
27. Which of the following is not true for joint family system?
Correct : D. Ownership of source of production
28. Which of the following is not an important advantage of a joint family system?
Correct : D. It encourages individualism
29. Joint family system is on the decline, which of the following is not the main cause for its
disintegration?
Correct : D. None of the above
30. According to Iravati Karve, the ancient family in India was joint in terms of
Correct : D. All of the above
31. Which is considered as essential to the origin of the family?
Correct : 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
Correct : 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
Correct : 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?
Correct : B. Sir Henry Maine
35. Joint family or extended family is the most common and uniform family pattern found in
Correct : A. India
36. I.P.Desai made a study of urban families in Mahuwa in Gujarat in
Correct : A. 1955
37. In which year was The Prevention of Sati Act introduced
Correct : A. 1829
38. The joint family does not provide proper opportunities for the members to develop their
Correct : D. Talents
39. Muslim families were largely joint families based on the principle of
Correct : A. Patriarch
40. “Marriage is a socially approved way of establishing a family of procreation”. Whose definition is
this?
Correct : A. Gillin and Gillin
41. A marriage in which a woman of upper caste marries a man of lower caste is known as:
Correct : C. Hypergamy
42. Marriage of a woman to her husband’s brother is known as:
Correct : C. Levirate
43. Among the Hindus of India, marriage is a :
Correct : D. None of the above
44. Which is the common form of Hindu Exogamy?
Correct : D. Sapinda Exogamy
45. “Marriage is a relatively permanent bond between permissible mates”. Who said this?
Correct : C. Louse
46. When was The Hindu Marriage Act passed?
Correct : C. 1955
47. Which of the following comes under the patterns of ‘Joking relationship’ among the patrilineal
Hindu families in North India?
Correct : C. Between ego and his elder brother’s wife
48. What is the purest form of Hindu Marriage?
Correct : A. Brahma Vivaha
49. The type of marriage in which a girl selects her husband by herself is:
Correct : B. Gandharva Vivaha
50. The form of marriage found among the Hindus is:
Correct : B. Polyandry
51. The form of marriage in which a man seduced a girl or forced a girl who is sleeping or intoxicated is
Correct : B. Paisacha Vivaha
52. Monogamy contributes to the family:
Correct : D. All of the above
53. The first and the highest aim of the Hindu Marriage is:
Correct : A. Dharma
54. The ritual in which the bride and bridegroom go ‘seven – steps’ together is known as:
Correct : B. Saptapadi
55. Which social reformer played an important role for widow remarriage?
Correct : C. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
56. “Muslim marriage is a contract for the purpose of legalising sexual intercourse and the
procreation of children”. Who said this?
Correct : A. Roland Wilson
57. Marriage among the Muslims is regarded as:
Correct : B. Contract
58. The type of marriage in which a Muslim husband can give divorce his wife as per the Muslim
Law without the intervention of the Court is known as:
Correct : B. Talaq
59. The type of marriage in which a woman is free to choose her husband and cast him away at her
will is known as:
Correct : D. Beena
60. The type of marriage in which the husband exercises authoritarian power is known as:
Correct : A. Baal
61. Among the Muslims, at one time there was the practice of temporary marriage called:
Correct : C. Muta
62. Which of the Muslim communities is matrilineal?
Correct : A. The Moors of Sri - Lanka
63. According to ‘The Shariah Act, 1937’, the form of divorce among the Muslims is:
Correct : D. All of the above
64. “Among the Christians, marriage has been defined as a voluntary union for life of one man and woman to the exclusion of others. This type of marriage is based on monogamy and not on the religious beliefs of the partners” Who said this?
Correct : A. C.B. Mamoria
65. The aims and objectives of Christian Marriage is:
Correct : D. All of the above
66. Among the Christians, the selection of marriage partners takes place in:
Correct : D. All of the above
67. The Indian Christian Marriage Act was passed in the year:
Correct : B. 1872
68. The Indian Christian Marriage Act prohibits polygamy and polyandry and prescribed
Correct : B. Monogamy
69. The Indian Divorce Act was passed in the year
Correct : A. 1869
70. In Christian Marriage, the wife can give or demand divorce from her husband on the ground of:
Correct : D. All of the above
71. Christian Women are treated equally with men on the ground of:
Correct : D. All of the above
72. The ‘Special Marriage Act’ was passed in the year:
Correct : A. 1954
73. The movement which has promoted inter-caste marriage in India is:
Correct : C. Arya Samaj Movement
74. The Child Marriage Restraint Act was passed in the year:
Correct : B. 1929
75. The Widow-Remarriage Act was passed in the year:
Correct : A. 1856
76. The ‘Dissolution of Muslim Marriage Act ‘was passed in the year:
Correct : B. 1939
77. The Dowry Prohibition Act was passed in the year:
Correct : A. 1961
78. Which of the following is the most common form of marriage in the world?
Correct : B. Monogamy
79. Which among the following is not a feature of Christian Marriage?
Correct : D. Marriage is sinful
80. The word caste is taken from Spanish and Portuguese words known as –
Correct : A. Casta
81. Caste System is often defined as a –
Correct : A. Closed –system
82. The caste system is a form of –
Correct : A. Social stratification
83. Social mobility is more rigid in –
Correct : C. Caste system
84. Caste system is closely associated with –
Correct : A. Birth
85. Caste system is often described as –
Correct : B. Ascribed –status
86. The untouchables are often known as –
Correct : A. Harijans
87. The caste has its own ruler popularly known as –
Correct : D. Caste Panchayat
88. The Brahmins are often known as the –
Correct : A. Twice-Born caste
89. The word ‘Caste’ has emerged from the Spanish work Casta meaning –
Correct : A. Lineage
90. In the matters of commensality, a superior caste cannot accept food prepared by a lower caste
known as –
Correct : A. Kancha food
91. Learning priesthood and teaching were the prestigious professions which was only confined for
the –
Correct : C. The Brahmins
92. Caste system is –
Correct : A. Endogamous group
93. Weaving, scavenging and tanning were regarded as the occupation for –
Correct : C. The Shudras
94. According to traditional theory of Purushasukta, the Brahmins originated from the Prajapathi
Brahma’s –
Correct : D. Mouth
95. Marrying outside one’s own gotra that is, Sagotra Exogamy was prevalent among the
Correct : A. The Brahmins
96. The Primary task of the Kshatriyas is –
Correct : D. Warrior
97. Which of the following factor is not associated with the changes in Caste System –
Correct : D. Caste Panchayat
98. The concept of ‘Dominant Caste’ was introduced by
Correct : A. M.N. Srinavas
99. A system governed by relationship based on reciprocity intercaste relations in village is known as
–
Correct : A. Jajmani System
100. Chanting the Vedic Mantras was a great privilege of the