1. A matriarchal type of families grew because
[A] Males were not interested in the family life
[B] Males were in small number
[C] Males were dominated by religious and cultural intelligence of goddess
[D] Males went out for bunting and collecting means for livelihood and thus were generally away from the family
Answer is [D]
2. Who among the following gave the definition of family as “aminiature social organization, including at least two generations and is characteristically formed upon the blood bond”?
[A] Sumner and Keller
[B] Elliot and Merrill
[C] The American Bureau of census
[D] None of the above
Answer is [A]
3. The family is a patriarchal when
[A] Father of the house arranges for everything
[B] One husband keeps more than one wife
[C] Children bear their father’s family name
[D] The patriarch decides everything
Answer is [C]
4. Which one of the following is not the characteristic of family?
[A] It is based on mating relationship
[B] It is essentially based on duration of the marriage
[C] It pre-supposes institution of marriage
[D] Each family has some nomenclature
Answer is [D]
5. Which one of the following is not true of joint family system?
[A] Family has a combined kitchen
[B] Gods and goddesses are worshipped at one place
[C] Ownership of sources of production belong to the whole family
[D] Ownership of production but not that of consumption belongs to the whole family
Answer is [D]
6. Joint family system is weakening because
[A] Government is now favouring it
[B] The people have started disliking it
[C] The religious leaders are propagating it
[D] The land does not need man power
Answer is [D]
7. On the basis of ____ family can be divided into matriarchal and patriarchal.
[A] Descent
[B] Authority
[C] Residence
[D] Organization
Answer is [B]
8. A ____ family comprises of a nucleus of blood relatives surrounded by a fringe of wives and others who are only incidental to the maintenance of the family unit.
[A] Consanguine
[B] Conjugal
[C] Joint
[D] Nuclear
Answer is [A]
9. On the basis of _____ we can divide family into nuclear and extended.
[A] Organization
[B] Descent
[C] Marriage
[D] Place
Answer is [C]
10. When a couple may live with or near either the husband’s or wife’s family after marriage.
[A] Ambilocal
[B] Neolocal residence
[C] Patrilocal residence
[D] Matrilocal residence
Answer is [A]
11. When a couple live with the wife’s mother’s brother is called _____.
[A] Neolocal residence
[B] Patrilocal residence
[C] Matrilocal residence
[D] Avunculocal residence
Answer is [D]
12. When a couples live separately from their original families so that they can focus on their new relationship and be independent. This kind of residence after marriage is called _____ .
[A] Neolocal residence
[B] Patrilocal residence
[C] Matrilocal residence
[D] Avunculocal residence
Answer is [A]
13. Sociologists tend to define family in terms of
[A] How a given society sanctions the relationships of people who are connected through blood, marriage, or adoption
[B] The connection of bloodlines
[C] The status roles that exist in a family structure
[D] How closely members adhere to social norms
Answer is [A]
14. The term ‘family’ has been derived from
[A] Greek word ‘familiarte’
[B] Roman word ‘famulus’
[C] Latin word ‘familine’
[D] None of the above
Answer is [B]
15. Which of the following is an essential function of family according to Maclver?
[A] Stable satisfaction of sexual need
[B] Production of rearing of children
[C] Provision of a home
[D] All of the above
Answer is [D]
16. Which one of the following is not a family if classified on the basis of marriage system?
[A] Polygamous family
[B] Polyandrous family
[C] Monogamous family
[D] Matrilineal as well as patrilineal family
Answer is [D]
17. Which of the following is an extended family?
[A] The Hindu family
[B] Polyandrous family
[C] Polygynous family
[D] American family
Answer is [A]
18. Who of the following classified the function of family into essential and non-essential?
[A] Maclver
[B] Ginsberg
[C] Lundberg
[D] Durkheim
Answer is [C]
19. Which one of the following was not a solid factor in giving birth to family life?
[A] Individual needed family for procreation
[B] Sexual urge
[C] Economic needs compelled them to live in family
[D] To develop common language
Answer is [D]
20. Which of the following acted as a cause of the decay of the patriarchal family?
[A] Economic factor
[B] Effect of scientific discoveries
[C] Cultural factors
[D] All of the above
Answer is [D]
21. In the contemporary the family system is under heavy strain because of
[A] Urbanization
[B] Democracy
[C] Small family size
[D] Religious intoleration
Answer is [A]
22. When the descent is traced through the mother it is ____ family
[A] Matrilineal
[B] Matrilocal
[C] Matriarchal
[D] Matripotestal
Answer is [A]
23. Who among the following follow the matrilineal family system?
[A] Nairs of Kerala
[B] Bhils
[C] Kadars
[D] Muslims
Answer is [A]
24. Which family is formed by an individual when he marries and has children?
[A] Family of orientation
[B] Family of procreation
[C] Nuclear family
[D] Conjugal family
Answer is [C]
25. If a family, the off springs inherit the mother’s name, the family is called ____.
[A] Matronymic
[B] Patronymic
[C] Matripotestal
[D] Matrilineal
Answer is [C]
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