Deck 2: Family and Marriage in India

Question 1

Sir Henry Main gave

A)Sex communism
B)Patriarchal theory
C)Theory of polygamy
D)Matriarchal theory

Answer 1

Theory of polygamy

Question 2

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 2

Ownership of source of production

Question 3

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 3

It encourages individualism

Question 4

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

Question 5

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

Question 6

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

Question 7

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

Question 8

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

Question 9

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

Question 10

Joint family or extended family is the most common and uniform family pattern found in

A)India
B)USA
C)Africa
D)Germany

Question 11

I.P.Desai made a study of urban families in Mahuwa in Gujarat in

A)1955
B)1954
C)1957
D)1960

Question 12

In which year was The Prevention of Sati Act introduced

A)1829
B)1893
C)1824
D)1826

Question 13

The joint family does not provide proper opportunities for the members to develop their

A)Relationship
B)Demands
C)Role
D)Talents

Question 14

Muslim families were largely joint families based on the principle of

A)Patriarch
B)Polygyny
C)Matrilocal
D)None of the above

Question 15

"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

Question 16

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

Question 17

Marriage of a woman to her husband's brother is known as:

A)Sororate
B)Polyandry
C)Levirate
D)Cross - cousin marriage

Question 18

Among the Hindus of India, marriage is a :

A)Contract
B)Sacrament
C)Legal necessity
D)None of the above

Question 19

Which is the common form of Hindu Exogamy?

A)Pravan Exogamy
B)Caste Exogamy
C)Gotra Exogamy
D)Sapinda Exogamy

Question 20

"Marriage is a relatively permanent bond between permissible mates". Who said this?

A)Plato
B)Lundberg
C)Louse
D)Westermark

Question 21

When was The Hindu Marriage Act passed?

A)1940
B)1950
C)1955
D)1960

Question 22

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

Question 23

What is the purest form of Hindu Marriage?

A)Brahma Vivaha
B)Daiva Vivaha
C)Arsha Vivaha
D)Prajapatya Vivaha

Question 24

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

Question 25

The form of marriage found among the Hindus is:

A)Polygyny
B)Polyandry
C)Monogamy
D)All of the above