PRACTICE QUESTIONS UGC NET (SOCIOLOGY)
Family, Marriage and Kinship
UGC NET SOCIOLOGY
(UNIT 8)
Family, Marriage and Kinship
1. Which of the following author has written ‘Social Structure, 1949?
(a) George Peter Murdock
(b) Talcott Parsons
(c) Max Weber
(d) Louis Dumont
2. According to whom modern families are ‘isolated nuclear families?
(a) Max Weber
(b) Talcott Parsons
(c) George Peter Murdock
(d) Ogburn and Nimcoff
3. According to Ogburn and Nimcoff what are the basic functions of family?
(a) Affectional, economic
(b) Recreation
(c) Educational and protective
(d) All of the above
4. Which of the following is the functionalist perspective of the family?
(a) View the family unit as a construct that fulfills important functions and keeps society running smoothly
(b) View the family unit as a destruct that fulfils important functions
(c) View the family unit as a construct that does not fulfil important functions
(d) None of the above
5. Which of the following is not among the universal functions of family according to George Murdock?
(a) Control reproduction
(b) Regulate sexual relation
(c) Recreation
(d) Account for economic survival
6. Which among the following are the unique features of family according to MacIver and Page?
(a) Universality
(b) Social regulation
(c) Limited size
(d) All of these
7. Which sociologists have said, “as far as India is concerned, family lives in the minds of the people”?
(a) IP Desai
(b) Ogburn and Nimcoff
(c) George Murdock
(d) None of the above
8. Which of the following factors influence the structural studies of the family?
(a) Size of the family
(b) Organisation in terms of roles and authority of the family
(c) Composition of the family
(d) Both a and b
9. Which among the following sociologists is related with ‘Functional Fit Theory’?
(a) George Murdock
(b) Talcott Parsons
(c) Max Weber
(d) Emile Durkheim
10. According to Parsons, the only institution that can perform two core functions in society of Primary Socialisation and the Stabilisation of Adult Personalities?
(a) Joint family
(b) Extended family
(c) Nuclear family
(d) None of these
11. An important part of socialisation according to functionalists is
(a) Gender role socialisation
(b) Gender role isolation
(c) Gender role reversal
(d) None of these
12. Who gave warm bath theory?
(a) Talcott Parsons
(b) Karl Marx
(c) Emile Durkheim
(d) Max Weber
13. There are two types of definition of society. These are
(a) Structural and International
(b) Functional and Structural
(c) Evolutionary and Diffusive
(d) Structural and Evolutionary
14. Marriage is a/an
(a) important and universal social institution of society
(b) important basis for group formation
(c) helpful in strengthening the caste system
(d) helpful in calming down the anger of two conflicting groups
15. In the industrialised Western societies, the chief aim of marriage is not only procreation but
(a) companionship
(b) emotional and psychological support and companionship
(c) emotional and psychological support
(d) divorce
16. Marriage is considered to be necessary because
(a) this is the only way to acquire paternal property
(b) this is the only way of sexual gratification
(c) this provides societal sanctions
(d) it is regularised and provides socially sanctioned sex gratification
Family, Marriage and Kinship
| 1 (a) | 2 (b) | 3 (d) | 4 (a) | 5 (c) | 6 (d) | 7 (a) | 8 (d) | 9 (b) | 10 (c) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 (a) | 12 (a) | 13 (b) | 14 (a) | 15 (b) | 16 (d) | 17 (b) | 18 (b) | 19 (d) | 20 (d) |
| 21 (a) | 22 (a) | 23 (c) | 24 (d) | 25 (c) | 26 (b) | 27 (d) | 28 (c) | 29 (a) | 30 (a) |
| 31 (c) | 32 (b) | 33 (d) | 34 (d) | 35 (c) | 36 (b) | 37 (b) | 38 (a) | 39 (b) | 40 (d) |
| 41 (a) | 42 (a) | 43 (b) | 44 (a) | 45 (a) | 46 (b) | 47 (a) | 48 (a) | 49 (b) | 50 (d) |
| 51 (c) | 52 (d) | 53 (c) | 54 (a) | 55 (d) | 56 (b) | 57 (c) | 58 (c) | 59 (a) | 60 (c) |
| 61 (d) | 62 (d) | 63 (d) | 64 (b) | 65 (c) | 66 (c) | 67 (d) | 68 (c) | 69 (c) | 70 (c) |
| 71 (a) | 72 (b) | 73 (b) | 74 (b) | 75 (a) | 76 (a) | 77 (a) | 78 (d) | 79 (c) | 80 (c) |
| 81 (d) | 82 (c) | 83 (a) | 84 (b) | 85 (a) | 86 (a) | 87 (d) | 88 (d) | — | — |
Changing Norms in Family and Marriage
| 1 (c) | 2 (b) | 3 (b) | 4 (b) | 5 (a) | 6 (c) | 7 (b) | 8 (d) | 9 (d) | 10 (a) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 (a) | 12 (b) | 13 (d) | 14 (a) | 15 (b) | 16 (c) | 17 (a) | 18 (a) | 19 (d) | 20 (a) |
| 21 (d) | 22 (a) | 23 (d) | 24 (b) | 25 (a) | 26 (b) | 27 (a) | 28 (d) | 29 (d) | 30 (d) |
| 31 (c) | 32 (a) | 33 (d) | 34 (d) | 35 (b) | 36 (b) | 37 (b) | 38 (d) | 39 (c) | 40 (d) |
| 41 (a) | 42 (d) | 43 (b) | 44 (b) | 45 (b) | 46 (c) | 47 (b) | 48 (b) | 49 (d) | 50 (d) |
| 51 (a) | 52 (a) | 53 (c) | 54 (a) | 55 (b) | 56 (c) | 57 (a) | 58 (c) | 59 (c) | 60 (b) |
| 61 (a) | 62 (b) | 63 (c) | 64 (b) | 65 (a) | 66 (b) | 67 (b) | 68 (c) | — | — |