Family and Kinship in Sociology

The Family in which spouses, their off spring and other relatives through marriage, live together, is called as: Conjugal family

Who has written the book ‘Social structure’: Murdock

Which among the following describes correctly the changed position of woman in a modern family: Woman becoming head of the family

Gender is a: Social concept

Which one of the following is the advantage of rules of descent: Kinship hierarchy is established

Which among the following is not included among the affinal kin: Younger sister

In the Ho tribes marriage by capture is called: Oportipi

The form of marriage in which one man marries several women is called: Polygamy

Find out the incorrect match: Gonds ⇔ Ka Khadduh

Family is “a system of relationship existing between parents and children” according to: Tonnies

The type of marriage in which a husband can have more than one wife is known as: Polygyny

In a Muslim marriage, a wife can obtain release from her marriage by giving consideration to the husband whose consents is essential. This is called: Khula

Which one of the following is not an important cause of instability of modern family: Arranged marriages

A system of marriage in which a husband is allowed to have only one wife is known as: Monogamy

In primary kinship relationship is: Direct and close

What is matrilocal family: A family in which the husband lives at his wife’s parent’s house

In Mahabharata reference of ‘Promiscuity’ is found which means: Sexual license

A family in which an individual is born is known as: Orientation family

The institution of marriage can not curve to an end because: It performs the basic function of procreation of children

Who gave warm bath theory: Talcott Parsons

. . . . . . . . in any society consists of a set of prohibitions which out law heterosexual relationships between various categories of Kinsman: Incest taboo

The Special Marriage Act is applicable in whole of India except: Jammu and Kashmir

Who is the author of the text ‘Gender Trouble’: Judith Butler

Which one of the following is not an important cause of weakness of modern family: The society has under-estimated the need of regulation of marriage

Monoandry is a form of marriage in which a woman: Belongs to the group as a whole

Who has said that ‘Women are unpaid servant of the house’: Jessica Bernard

Father is a . . . . . . . . term in Kinship: Descriptive

The first significant contribution to the study of kinship terms was made by: Morgan

Which one of the following is not an important cause of the weakness of modern family: It is not supposed to socialise the members

Consanguineous Kinship is the one which is between: Uncle and nephew

The systems under which marriage between blood relations was not forbidden is known as: Concanguine

The . . . . . . . . tribe has a double standard morality whereby a woman as a wife (ranti) has to observe a strict sex moral code, but as a daughter (dhyanti) has a free scope to have as many liaisons and amours as she likes: Khasa

Which of the following acts first recognised Monogancy as the accepted form of marriage: The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955

The marriage which is the result of mutual affection and love is called: Gandharva

According to anthropologists in India they always prefer to marry within lineage of: Descent groups

. . . . . . . . is a conjugal family in which single relatives, such as unmarried or widowed brother, sister or the cousin of the husband or wife, live with the family: Expanded family

The bond between the blood relatives is called: Consanguineal Kinship

The Indian Succession Act was enacted in which of the following year: 1925

The system under which maternal uncle gets prominent place in Kinship is known as: Alunclate

Under the Hindus Marriage Act two persons tracing their common ascendency through their father’s life are collaterals if they lie within: Five degrees on the father’s side

Which of the following is a nuclear family: A family in which one husband, wife and their children live together

. . . . . . . . is a form of marriage in which men of lower caste marry women of superior caste: Pratiloma

The most fundamental unit of society is known as: Family

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