Kinship Theories and Gender Relations - Family, Marriage and Kinship; Theoretical Approaches - Sociology Previous Year Questions

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2022 · Sociology · Family, Marriage and Kinship; Theoretical Approaches · Kinship Theories and Gender Relations

Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 2022

Among the Toda of South India, property is inherited patrilineally and ritualistic privileges are inherited matrilineally. This is an example of _____.

A

unilateral descent

B

matrilineal descent

C

pragmatic descent

D

bilateral descent

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2022 · Sociology · Family, Marriage and Kinship; Theoretical Approaches · Kinship Theories and Gender Relations

Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 2022

Which of the following institutions provides the structural link between caste and gender in kinship in India?

A

Panchayat

B

Class

C

Household

D

Marriage

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2022 · Sociology · Family, Marriage and Kinship; Theoretical Approaches · Kinship Theories and Gender Relations

Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 2022

Which statements express the ideas of A. M. Shah with regard to family and household in India?

A

Households are task-oriented residence units while families are kinship groupings that need not be localized.

B

Households imply the entire biradari (kin network) while families are neo-local units.

C

Households are operational units that function with a family and kinship ideology.

D

The family provides the larger ideological set-up within which the household operates.

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2023 · Sociology · Family, Marriage and Kinship; Theoretical Approaches · Kinship Theories and Gender Relations

Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 2023

In Hindu society, marriage of a widow to the husband's brother is referred to as ________.

A

Polygyny

B

Endogamy

C

Levirate

D

Polyandry

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2023 · Sociology · Family, Marriage and Kinship; Theoretical Approaches · Kinship Theories and Gender Relations

Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 2023

Which of the following statement(s) is/are INCORRECT?

A

Hypergamy is a form of marriage where bride’s family is of superior status to the groom’s family

B

Hypogamy is a form of marriage where groom’s family is of superior status to the bride’s family

C

Exogamy refers to marriage outside the caste or sub-caste group

D

Polygynandry refers to marriage of several men to several women at the same time

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2024 · Sociology · Family, Marriage and Kinship; Theoretical Approaches · Kinship Theories and Gender Relations

Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 2024

Which of the following author(s) highlighted the connection between kinship terminology and kinship structure in India?

A

Irawati Karve

B

Lewis Henry Morgan

C

T.N Madan

D

Leela Dube

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2024 · Sociology · Family, Marriage and Kinship; Theoretical Approaches · Kinship Theories and Gender Relations

Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 2024

Reena and Sheena are Hindi-speaking neighbours who grew up together. Reena refers to Sheena's mother as maasi (mother's sister). This is an example of which of the following kinship type(s)?

A

Telescoping

B

Fictive kinship

C

Surrogate kinship

D

Matrilineal kinship

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2025 · Sociology · Family, Marriage and Kinship; Theoretical Approaches · Kinship Theories and Gender Relations

Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 2025

Which of the following option(s) is/are CORRECT?

A

Polyandry refers to a marriage system in which one woman has two or more husbands

B

Polyandry refers to a marriage system in which one man has two or more wives

C

Polygyny refers to a marriage system in which one man has two or more wives

D

Polygyny refers to a marriage system in which one woman has two or more husbands

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2025 · Sociology · Family, Marriage and Kinship; Theoretical Approaches · Kinship Theories and Gender Relations

Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 2025

Patriliny is a kinship term that refers to ______

A

the practices of marriage patterns wherein the father or the next male head exercises authority in the family and there is an unequal power relation between men and women

B

the system of tracing of kinship descent and inheritance through male line

C

the practices of marriage system and residence pattern wherein married couples reside with or near the husband’s family

D

the system of tracing of kinship descent and inheritance through mother’s brother

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2026 · Sociology · Family, Marriage and Kinship; Theoretical Approaches · Kinship Theories and Gender Relations

Humanities & Social Sciences - Sociology (XH-C6) 2026

In a particular elementary structure of kinship, Group A gives its women in marriage to Group B, and Group B, in return, gives its women to Group A. What is this type of marriage known as?

A

Restricted exchange

B

Relative exchange

C

Open-ended exchange

D

Generalized exchange

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2026 · Sociology · Family, Marriage and Kinship; Theoretical Approaches · Kinship Theories and Gender Relations

Humanities & Social Sciences - Sociology (XH-C6) 2026

Kani is tracing her family tree, and includes only her parents, grandparents, and children – those only directly related to her by descent. She excludes her siblings and cousins. In kinship terminology, what kind of kin is she focusing on?

A

Unilateral descent

B

Double descent

C

Lineal descent

D

Affinal descent

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2026 · Sociology · Family, Marriage and Kinship; Theoretical Approaches · Kinship Theories and Gender Relations

Humanities & Social Sciences - Sociology (XH-C6) 2026

According to Louis Dumont, the Sarjuparis in North India have a proverb that says that a father’s sister and brother’s daughter must not see the same lamp in the house i.e., a girl should not be married in the same house as her father’s sister. Which of the following kinship rules explain(s) this proverb?

A

Cross-cousin marriage is barred.

B

Uxorilocal marriage is barred.

C

Exogamy is barred.

D

Repetition of intermarriage in the same household and same direction is barred.

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