Online questions on structure, essence, principles, types, characteristics, and fundamentals of family and marriage.
Family is a __ group
(a) Social
(b) Institution
(c) Universal
The Latin word Soror stands for __
(a) Brother
(b) Sister
(c) Father
Which type of family consists of a couple, one or both of whom were previously married, their children, and the children from the previous marriage of one or both parents?
(a) nontraditional
(b) traditional
(c) blended
(d) step-family
Who defined the family as a biological Social unit composed of husband, wife, and children?
(a) Mac Iver
(b) Burgess
(c) Eliot
(d) M.F. Nimkoff
__ is the form of marriage in which a man marries one woman.
(a) Polygyny
(b) exogamy
(c) polyandry
(d) monogamy
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In the __ family, the ancestors are men
(a) Matrilineal
(b) Partilocal
(c) Patriarchal
(d) Patrilineal
__ is a form of marriage in which one man marries more than one woman at a time.
(a) Polygyny
(b) Polyandry
(c) Monogamy
(d) Group Marriage
Linda and her husband just had their first child. Linda was married previously, and her two children from that marriage also live with Linda and her current husband. Which type of family is this?
(a) nontraditional
(b) traditional
(c) blended
(d) secondary
The bond of blood or marriage which binds people together in a group is called __
(a) Kinship
(b) Affinial kinship
(c) Consanguineous kinship
The bond of marriage is called __ kinship
(a) affinal kinship
(b) Consanguineous kinship
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Endogamy is a rule in which the life partner is to be selected within the __
(a) group
(b) country
(c) society
The father is the head of the family, and the family’s power and authority rest with the father. This type of family is known as __
(a) Partiarchal
(b) Matrilineal
(c) Patrilocal
(d) Matrilocal
Which type of family consists of a married couple and their own or adopted children living at home?
(a) nontraditional
(b) traditional
(c) blended
(d) step-family
__ is a form in which a woman or a man has more than one spouse
(a) Polyanchy
(b) Monogamy
(c) Polygyny
(d) Polygamy
What are the two forms of an isogamy marriage?
(a) Hypergamy
(b) Hypogamy
(c) Anuloma
(d) both (a) & (b)
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__ is a marriage of a higher caste man with a lower caste woman?
(a) Hypogamy
(b) Hypergamy
(c) Anuloma
(d) Prathiloma
On the basis of power and authority, families can be divided into __
(a) Patriarchal
(b) Matriarchal
(c) both (a) and (b)
Barry and Laurie have been married for almost twenty years, and this is the first for both of them. They have two children living at home. Which type of family is this?
(a) non-traditional
(b) traditional
(c) blended
(d) step-family
__ is a form of marriage of a man to a woman at a time
(a) Polyamy
(b) exogamy
(c) Monogamy
(d) Polyandry
Several brothers share the same wife, which practice is often called __
(a) Sororal polygyny
(b) Non-Sororal
(c) Fraternal polyandry
(d) None of these
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Who says that Marriage is a contract for the production and maintenance of children?
(a) Alfred MC Clung Lee
(b) Edward Westmark
(c) Robert H. Lowie
(d) Malinowski
__ is the most common and acceptable form of marriage
(a) Monogamy
(b) Exogamy
(c) Polygamy
(d) Polyandry
__ is a kind of marriage where a girl is taken away forcibly without her consent.
(a) by capture
(b) by trial
(c) by purchase
(d) by exchange
__ family the bride resides with the husband’s family
(a) patrilocal
(b) Matrilocal
(c) patriarchal
(d) Matriarchal
It is a type of family in which husband, wife, and their unmarried children are called __?
(a) Joint
(b) Nuclear
(c) Extended
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The __ refers to a set of Principles by which an individual traces the descent.
(a) Matrilineal descent
(b) Patrilineal descent
(c) Bilateral descent
(d) rule of descent
__ is one of the main aims of family life?
(a) Procreation
(b) Marriage
(c) Production of child
(d) Physical satisfaction
__ is a kind of marriage where a young has to prove his courage, bravery, and physical strength before claiming a girl as his wife.
(a) by purchase
(b) by trial
(c) by capture
(d) by exchange
Family is an agent of __?
(a) Marriage
(b) Society
(c) Socialisation
(d) Social Institution
Who said that Kinship is simply the relation between ‘kin’ that is, persons related by real putative or fixative Consanguinity?
(a) Aberchrombie
(b) Robin fox
(c) A.R. Redcliffe
(d) Nimkoff
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__ is a basic definite and enduring group?
(a) Marriage
(b) Society
(c) Family
(d) Religion
What is the main basis of the structure of the family?
(a) Husband
(b) Mother
(c) both (a) and (b)
__ marriage demands a payment for the bride
(a) by purchase
(b) by trial
(c) by capture
(d) by exchange
The word family is derived from __
(a) Greek
(b) Spanish
(c) Latin
(d) Portuguese
What is the second basis of the structure of the family?
(a) Husband and Mother
(b) Marriage
(c) Procreation
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__ is formed by the relatively durable companionship of husband and wife.
(a) Family
(b) Marriage
(c) Social Institution
Family provides __ status?
(a) Achieved
(b) Ascribed
(c) Ethnic
This is the marriage where considerable labor is offered by the bridegroom to the bride’s family prior to marriage.
(a) purchase
(b) by service
(c) by by capture
(d) by exchange
The __ word “Lavir” means husband’s brothers.
(a) Greek
(b) French
(c) Latin
(d) Portuguese
What is the meaning of ‘Famulus’?
(a) Family
(b) Servant
(c) Group
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__ is a form of marriage of one woman with more than one man
(a) Polyandry
(b) Matrilocal
(c) Monogamy
(d) Polygyny
What are the two main rules of marriage?
(a) Monogamy
(b) endogamy
(c) exogamy
(d) both (b) and (c)
__ is the method of reckoning relationships.
(a) Kinship
(b) Family
(c) marriage
(d) Descent
In the Industrial Society, the family is limited to husband, wife, and their children called ___
(a) Extended
(b) step-family
(c) Nuclear
(d) High
A marriage of two or more women with two or more men is known as __
(a) Sororal Polygyny
(b) Monogamy
(c) Serial monogamy
(d) Group marriage
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The husband comes to reside in the wife’s house after marriage.
(a) Patrilocal residence
(b) Bilocal residence
(c) Neolocal residence
(d) Matrilocal residence
__ descent traced through the father’s or men’s line
(a) Matrilineal descent
(b) Patrilineal descent
(c) Bilateral descent
(d) Rule of descent
The couple makes a completely separate entity of their own where they live.
(a) Bilocal residence
(b) Neolocal residence
(c) Patrilocal residence
(d) Matrilocal residence
The newly married couple goes to live with the wife’s uncle.
(a) Neolocal residence
(b) Avunculocal residence
(c) Bilocal residence
(d) matrilocal residence.
The wife goes to reside with her husband in the husband’s house after the marriage.
(a) Matrilocal residence
(b) patrilocal residence
(c) matrilineal residence
(d) bilocal residence.
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A woman marries several men and lives together with all husbands and children.
(a) Polygynous
(b) polygamous
(c) group
(d) polyandrous
