Deck 4: Exploring the Significance and Function of Family in Anthropology

Question 1

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 1

Primary aim of society

Question 2

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 2

Human society

Question 3

In the evolution of marriage endogamy takes the

A)Third stage
B)Second stage
C)Fourth stage
D)First stage

Answer 3

First stage

Question 4

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

Question 5

Sagotra and Sapravara marriages are forbidden by

A)Muslim law
B)Christian marriage
C)Hindu Dharma Shastra
D)Buddhist law

Question 6

Family is an important and primary unit of any

A)Social organization
B)Religious organization
C)Cultural organization
D)Scientific organization

Question 7

It is the family which rears and brings up

A)Grand parents
B)Non family members
C)A child
D)Strangers.

Question 8

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

Question 9

The family is a social group characterized by common

A)Language
B)Kitchen
C)Bank account
D)Residence

Question 10

The structure of the family varies from

A)Their colour of skin
B)Their occupation
C)Society to Society
D)House to house

Question 11

According to Strauss, the prime condition of a family is

A)Building
B)Family
C)Agricultural land
D)Forest

Question 12

True family is a Universal

A)Social Institution
B)Educational institution
C)Cultural institution
D)Religious institution.

Question 13

In bilateral family form, family descent is stressed from

A)Only mother
B)Both the parents
C)Only father
D)None of the above

Question 14

Family is universal institution and it is created to fulfill some basic needs of

A)Parents
B)Boys
C)Girls
D)Mankind

Question 15

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

Question 16

Talcott Parsons calls the nuclear family

A)Group of people
B)Isolated family
C)Small family
D)Traditional family

Question 17

Extended family consists of

A)Specific members
B)Community
C)A woman, her husband, children and married children
D)All the neighbors' family

Question 18

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

Question 19

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

Question 20

In Polyandrous family, a woman has

A)One husband
B)Several husbands
C)Two husbands
D)Limited husbands

Question 21

In the words of MacIver and Page, the family has

A)Specific origin
B)End
C)No origin
D)Continuity

Question 22

The child's first school is his home and his

A)Church
B)Neighbors
C)Family
D)Classroom

Question 23

According to Hindu Shastras procreation is the main function of

A)The member
B)The family
C)Father
D)Mother

Question 24

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

Question 25

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