Top 50+ Solved Dimensions of Family in India MCQ Questions Answer
Q. In matrilocal family the husband goes to live in the house of his-
a. uncle
b. wife
c. aunty
d. grandfather
Q. Which one of the following statements about kinship is NOT true?
a. Its usages create group of kins
b. It creates relationship structure
c. It defines role of different relationships
d. It indicates expected behaviour of kins
Q. The Child Marriage Act amended in 1929 raised the minimum age of marriage for girls from-
a. 15-18years
b. 20-25years
c. 14-20years
d. 30-35years
Q. The prevalence of arranged marriages in India is related to
a. the rules of endogamy that confine marriage alliance within specified groups
b. the rules of exogamy that disallow marriage within one's clan/village/neighbourhood
c. regulations about prescriptive (allowing) and prescriptive (prohibiting) nature of rules, guiding marriage among parallel and cross cousins
d. All of the above
Q. The family of orientation denotes a family
a. In which a person is born and is socialized
b. In which a woman is married
c. In oriental countries
d. Which conducts an orientation course
Q. The bond between the blood relative is called-
a. Affinal kins
b. Consanguineal kins
c. Primary kins
d. Secondary kins
Q. Family started with patriarch belongs to the theory of
a. Matriarchal
b. Patriarchal
c. Polygamy
d. Feminist theory
Q. 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?
a. Sex communism
b. Polygamy
c. Patriarchal
d. Polyandry
Q. Sir Henry Main gave
a. Sex communism
b. Patriarchal theory
c. Theory of polygamy
d. Matriarchal theory
Q. 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
Q. 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
Q. 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
Q. 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