1. Under patrilineal system each individual become
[A] Automatically member of any consanguineal kin group
[B] May or may not become member of any consanguineal kin group
[C] Member of any consanguineal kin group to which his father belongs
[D] A member of any consanguineal kin group to which either of the parents belong
Answer is [D]
2. When in a kinship system, father’s sister enjoys a predominant role, the kinship usage is called
[A] Avunculate
[B] Amitate
[C] Couvade
[D] Patriliny
Answer is [B]
3. For any society, the pattern in accordance with which most married couples decide where to live is known as the _____.
[A] Rule of residence
[B] Rule of descent
[C] Rule of habitation
[D] Rule of living
Answer is [A]
4. Within each kin group, there are certain types of coactive behaviour patterns which exhibit a regularity, a more or less permanent definite structure. Such types of behaviour are called ______.
[A] Normative pattern
[B] Kinship usages
[C] Kindred
[D] Rules of descent
Answer is [B]
5. The system under which a person inherits some but not all of his father’s consanguineal relatives is known
[A] Patrilineal descent
[B] Matrilineal descent
[C] Bilateral descent
[D] None of the above
Answer is [C]
6. Which among the following statements is true?
[A] Affinal Kins are related by marriage
[B] In ‘Amitate’, father’s sister is assigned a special role
[C] The principles by which ego’s Consanguineal relatives are determined is known as rules of descent
[D] All the above statement are true
Answer is [D]
7. A ____ consists of descendants in one line, either matrilineal or patrilineal. Who know their exact genealogical relationship and who recognize obligations to one another?
[A] Lineage
[B] Class
[C] Class
[D] Unilateral descent
Answer is [A]
8. Which among the following one is not a major task of kinship usage?
[A] It create group
[B] It governs the role relationship between kins
[C] It provides guideline for interaction between the persons
[D] It avoids social stratification
Answer is [D]
9. Kinship terms have been broadly divided into _____.
[A] Expressive and expansive
[B] Latent and manifest
[C] Classificatory and descriptive
[D] Classificatory and exploratory
Answer is [C]
10. When the wife of a person calls her husband though son or daughter in Hindu society the system is known as that of
[A] Avoidance
[B] Teknonymy
[C] Couvade
[D] Amitate
Answer is [B]
11. Which among the following is a tertiary Kin?
[A] Uncle (mama)
[B] Wife of bother-in-law (sala)
[C] Bother’s son
[D] Father
Answer is [B]
12. Which one of the following fall under the category of secondary Kinship?
[A] Father and daughter
[B] Mother and son
[C] Mother and daughter
[D] Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
Answer is [D]
13. The term ‘matri-patrilocal residence’ has been coined by
[A] Murdock
[B] Tylor
[C] Malinowski
[D] Morgan
Answer is [A]
14. Children of the same parents are called ____.
[A] Offsprings
[B] Cousins
[C] Brothers
[D] Siblings
Answer is [D]
15. Consanguineous Kinship is the one which is between
[A] Mother-in-law and father-in-law
[B] Uncle and niece
[C] Husband and wife’s sister
[D] Lover and beloved
Answer is [B]
16. ____ says that ‘avoidance’ is a mechanism to preserve peace.
[A] Tylor
[B] Turney-High
[C] Frazer
[D] Freud
Answer is [B]
17. According to Levistrauss, no society is ____, if by that, total neglect of one side in favour of the other is implied.
[A] Bilateral
[B] Unilateral
[C] Patrilineal
[D] Matrilineal
Answer is [B]
18. Which among the following is not a Kinship relation?
[A] Wife’s brother
[B] Sister’s husband
[C] Friend’s wife
[D] Father’s mother
Answer is [C]
19. Which among the following falls under the category of tertiary kinship?
[A] Father of wife
[B] Father of the daughter-in-law
[C] Father of the mother
[D] Father of the uncle
Answer is [B]
20. Which among the tribe teknonymy is found?
[A] Khasi
[B] Oraon
[C] Kadar
[D] Santhal
Answer is [A]
21. Among the Kuki _____ is used for father’s father, mother’s wife brother’s son
[A] Hepu
[B] Aja
[C] Ani
[D] Shi
Answer is [A]
22. Kinship by nature is
[A] Always specific
[B] Always unspecific
[C] Never specific
[D] In some cases specific, while others not
Answer is [D]
23. The first significant contribution to the study of kinship terms was made by_____.
[A] Tylor
[B] Morgan
[C] Malinowski
[D] Redcliffe Brown
Answer is [B]
24. ____ in Latin means sociological father
[A] Pater
[B] Paternity
[C] Genitor
[D] Peter
Answer is [A]
25. Out of the following who has divided Kinship into primary and secondary Kinship?
[A] Elliot and Merrill
[B] Ginsberg
[C] Gillin and Gillin
[D] R. M. Maclver
Answer is [D]
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