Deck 3: Various Aspects of Marriage and Family Structures

Question 1

Primitive people marry

A)Full age
B)Young
C)Unapproved
D)Secretly

Answer 1

Young

Question 2

The Hindu concept of widowhood is absent among

A)The Tribal
B)The Eskimos
C)The North Indian
D)European

Answer 2

The Tribal

Question 3

When a person marries outside social group is

A)Endogamy
B)Monogamy
C)Exogamy
D)Polygamy

Answer 3

Exogamy

Question 4

When a person marries within his own group

A)Exogamy
B)Endogamy
C)Polyandry
D)Polygyny

Question 5

Monogamy appears to be a natural form of

A)Friendship'
B)Relationship
C)Marriage
D)Primary group

Question 6

The classical Hindu joint family is getting weak in the context of

A)Globalization
B)Primitive society
C)New religious order
D)Modern law

Question 7

The prospective spouses meet each other before actually entering into marriage bond is called marriage by

A)Capture
B)Probation
C)Purchase
D)Trial

Question 8

In Civilized society, marriage by capture is

A)Approved
B)Encourage
C)Condemned
D)Celebrated

Question 9

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

Question 10

In order to give legitimacy to sex hunger there is always some institution of

A)Property
B)Marriage
C)Adoption
D)Transfer of wealth

Question 11

Marriage is a result of

A)Civil or Political
B)Civil or Financial
C)Civil or Religious ceremony
D)Civil or Cultural ceremony

Question 12

When marriage is contracted within the caste

A)Race endogamy
B)Sub-caste endogamy
C)Caste endogamy
D)Class endogamy

Question 13

Matrilineal societies can be seen among

A)The Garo
B)The Mizo
C)The Assamese
D)The Naga

Question 14

The most prevalent method of securing bride in primitive societies is marriage by

A)Elopement
B)Purchase
C)Service
D)Intrusion

Question 15

The type of marriage when a person dies, his younger brother marries his wife

A)Sororate
B)Levirate
C)Bigamy
D)Polyandry

Question 16

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

Question 17

Human infants have the longest period of

A)Infant dependency
B)Learning
C)Sleeping
D)Breast feeding

Question 18

Marriage rules are conventionally prescribed by the

A)Parents
B)Elders
C)Roommates
D)Society

Question 19

Endogamy is also sometimes extended to village

A)Endogamy
B)Council
C)Headman
D)Group

Question 20

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

Question 21

Dissolution of marriage is made difficult by

A)Religious sacrament
B)Religious festival
C)Religious celebration
D)Religious duty

Question 22

The marriage ceremony consists of a series of ritual

A)Lamentation
B)Performances
C)Sacrifices
D)Feast and sacrifice

Question 23

Female infanticide leads to scarcity of

A)Friends
B)Workers
C)Women
D)Population

Question 24

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

Question 25

Incest has been defined as the sexual transaction between

A)Parents relationship
B)Community relationship
C)Blood relationship
D)Animal relationship