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SUB-TOPIC INFO – Family, Marriage and Kinship (UNIT 8)
CONTENT TYPE – Solved PYQs
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Family, Marriage and Kinship
UGC NET Sociology (UNIT 8)
Solved PYQs
Theoretical Approaches: Structure-Functionalist, Alliance and Cultural
1. Who studied the structural and functional unity of joint family in ‘Mahua’? (DEC 2012)
(A) K.M. Kapadia
(B) Neera Desai
(C) I.P. Desai
(D) A.M. Shah
Answer: C
2. Which two of the following principles explain the alliance theory? (DEC 2019)
(a) Principle of reciprocity
(b) Rules of exogamy
(c) Rules of endogamy
(d) Incest taboos
Choose the correct option:
(A) (a) and (b)
(B) (b) and (c)
(C) (c) and (d)
(D) (a) and (d)
Answer: D
3. Give the chronological order of kinship theories given below: (JUNE 2020)
(a) Structural functionalist
(b) Alliance
(c) Cultural
(d) Descent
Choose the correct option:
(A) (b), (a), (d), (c)
(B) (c), (a), (d), (b)
(C) (d), (a), (b), (c)
(D) (a), (b), (c), (d)
Answer: C