Question 1

Which type of residence does not help the formation of extended family?

Accepted Answer

A)  Virilocality
B)  Avunculocality
C)  Uxorilocality
D)  Neolocality D

Question 2

The family of orientation denotes a family

Accepted Answer

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 A

Question 3

An essential ingredient of 'Jointness' in the term joint family according to TN Madan is

Accepted Answer

A)  Commensality
B)  Joint ownership of property
C)  Fulfilment of obligation towards kin
D)  Fulfilment of karma A

Question 4

Joint family in India is characterised as an extended kin group by

Accepted Answer

A)  A.R Desai
B)  K.M Kapadia
C)  Irawati Karve
D)  A.D Ross

Question 5

Which of the following kinship terms indicates that father's sister is given greater importance than the Mother?

Accepted Answer

A)  Amitate
B)  Avunculate
C)  Couvade
D)  Teknonymy

Question 6

Affinal kin include one's

Accepted Answer

A)  Father
B)  Father-in-law
C)  Brother
D)  Father's brother

Question 7

Joint family

Accepted Answer

A)  Consists of at least four generations
B)  Is also known as undivided family
C)  Was never known during the vedic period
D)  Is separate dwelling

Question 8

Which of the following is not a characteristic of Joint family?

Accepted Answer

A)  Co-residentiality
B)  Joint ownership of property
C)  Private ownership of property
D)  Common worship

Question 9

Bilateral descent is a kinship principle in which people belong to the kinship groups of both their

Accepted Answer

A)  Mother and Father
B)  Uncle and aunt
C)  Brother and sister
D)  Father and sister

Question 10

The practice of levirate is found in

Accepted Answer

A)  Matrilineal societies
B)  Patrilineal Societies
C)  Bi-lineal societies
D)  All of the above

Question 11

The bond between the blood relative is called-

Accepted Answer

A)  Affinal kins
B)  Consanguineal kins
C)  Primary kins
D)  Secondary kins

Question 12

The extended family is the opposite of nuclear family. It does not exist in

Accepted Answer

A)  USA
B)  India
C)  Bangladesh
D)  Nepal

Question 13

The prevalence of arranged marriages in India is related to

Accepted Answer

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

Question 14

Which of the following types of descent is found among the Yako of Nigeria?

Accepted Answer

A)  Matrilineal
B)  Patrilineal
C)  Bilateral
D)  Double

Question 15

Who among the following follow the matrilineal family system?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nairs of Kerala
B)  Bhils
C)  Kadars
D)  Muslims

Question 16

Changes in the joint family lead to

Accepted Answer

A)  A rise in the status of women
B)  An increase in the size of family
C)  Greater attachment to traditional occupations
D)  Greater economic interdependence

Question 17

In matrilocal family the husband goes to live in the house of his-

Accepted Answer

A)  uncle
B)  wife
C)  aunty
D)  grandfather

Question 18

Which of the following factors has led to a breakdown of the link between kinship and the occupational structures in the joint family system?

Accepted Answer

A)  Urbanisation
B)  Industrialisation
C)  Legislative measures
D)  All of the above

Question 19

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sex communism
B)  Polygamy
C)  Patriarchal
D)  Polyandry

Question 20

Which one of the following is the family unit of Kodavas?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ghar
B)  Biradari
C)  Chulah
D)  Okka

Exam 1: Kinship and Family Structures in India