1. The practice of marrying within one’s social, cultural, or ethnic group is known as ________.
endogamy
2. In a ________ system, individuals are allowed to have multiple spouses simultaneously.
polygamy
3. The legal dissolution of a marriage is called ________.
divorce
4. In a ________ marriage, the partners are chosen by their families rather than by personal choice.
arranged
5. ________ is a cultural practice where individuals marry only one spouse at a time.
monogamy
6. The practice of marrying outside one’s social, cultural, or ethnic group is called ________.
exogamy
7. A ________ marriage involves three or more individuals forming a marital relationship.
polygamous
8. A ________ is a type of marriage where a person marries a deceased sibling’s spouse.
levirate
9. The practice of marrying more than one spouse simultaneously, with both husbands and wives, is known as ________.
polyandry
10. _____ saw the origin and development of marriage and family in human history.
Morgan
11. Presently, the number of __________ marriages is increasing in India.
Inter Caste
12. Until some time ago, the social position of ________ was quite low, as compared to her husband, but now both of them share a similar position.
Wife
13. Now marriages are getting ________.
Simplified
14. Endogamy means marrying in one’s own _________ .
Caste
15. ______ involves goods or money given by the groom’s family to the bride’s family
Bride price
16. Community ______ refers to marriage with a spouse from another community.
exogamy
17. ______ refers to marriage within the community
Endogamy
18. The aims of Hindu marriage are said to be dharma, ____ and rati.
praja
19. _____ is used to refer to a woman marrying and becoming the wife of all brothers.
Fraternal polyandry
20. ______ one woman has many husbands with whom she cohabits in turns but it is not necessary that these husbands be brothers.
Non-fraternal polyandry
21. In _______, the Government of India passed the Dowry Prohibition Act.
1961
22. _____ refers to one woman entering into marital relationship with more than one man at a given time.
Polyandry
23. If a man marries two or more wives at a time, it is known as ______.
polygyny
24. _______ refers to a marriage practice in which a man marries the sisters of his wife at a time or after the death of his wife. b.
Sororal polygyny
25. When a man marries several women at a time who are not necessarily sister to each other it is known as _____.
Non-Sororal Polygyny
26. ______ defines marriage as a relatively permanent bond between permissible mates.
Robert H. Lowie
27. When a man of higher caste could marry a woman of lower caste which is called _____ marriage.
anuloma/hypogamy
28. When a woman of high caste marrying a man of lower caste which is called ____ marriage was not allowed.
pratiloma/hypogamy
29. Among the Hindus, until the passing of the Hindu Marriage Act of ____, a Hindu man was permitted to marry more than one woman at a time.
1955
30. In 1958, C.M. Abraham has reported that in Central Travancore _____ polyandry was practised by large number of groups like the Irava, Kaniyan, the Vellan and the Asari.
fraternal
41. A Muslim man can have as many as four wives at a time, provided all are treated as equals. This practice is known as ______.
polygyny
42. In the Marathi, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada speaking areas, marriages with the ______ (children of father’s sisters or mother’s brothers) are preferred.
cross-cousins
43. In ____ marriages, a girl is married to a boy from upper caste sub-caste, were permitted.
Anuloma
44. In _____ marriages, a girl is married to a boy from a lower caste sub-caste, were not permitted.
pratiloma
45. ______ marriage is in contrast to marriage by self choice (popular example of marriage by self choice is the so called “love marriage”).
arranged
46. When marriage is fixed by parents or elders it is called an _____ marriage.
arranged
47. For the Hindus, marriage is a _______.
sacrament
48. Muslim marriage is not a sacrament. Rather, it is a _____.
contract
49. the essential ceremony of Muslim marriage is known as the ______.
nikah
50. The Moplah Muslims of Kerala, the nikah ceremony is performed as laid down by Islam but their marriage is not regarded complete without the Hindu function ______.
kalyanam
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