KERALA PSC / CDPO / SOCIOLOGY / FAMILY / OBJECTIVE
QUESTIONS / NOTES
KERALA PSC / CDPO / SOCIOLOGY / FAMILY / OBJECTIVE
QUESTIONS / NOTES
1. The word Family comes from
Latin
2. The functional basic unit of society is
Family
3. The social group characterized by common residence,
economic cooperation and reproduction is called
Family
4. Two divorced people marry and bring their children from
the old family
Blended family
5. The couples with no kids’ children in a household
Child Less family
6. A family group consisting of a pair of couple and their
children
Nuclear family
7. A mother or father alone residing in a family with their
children
Single Parent family
8. A family group with three or more generation residing
together
Joint family
9. A group of people residing together, who may or may not
have family or kin relation with frequent ship
Household
10. Three or more generation of same family living together with
frequent contact between each other
Traditional extended
family
KERALA PSC / CDPO / SOCIOLOGY / FAMILY / OBJECTIVE
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11. Nuclear families live apart from their extended family, but
have in regular contact with the family members
Attenuated extended
family
12. A new step family created when two parts of two precious
family bring together
Reconstituted family
13. The process by which the children to learn and accept the
values and norms of society
Primary socialization
14. The father governing family is known as
Patriarchal family
15. The female dominance in governing family members is termed
as
Matriarchal family
16. The wife goes to husband’s house for living is called as
Patrilocal family
17. The husband goes to wife house for living is
Matrilocal family
18. The term used for representing one man marry to one women
and mating relationship maintained among them
Endogamous marriage
19. One man marry two or more women is termed as
Polygamous Marriage
20. Which term represents, one woman marries to two or more men?
Polyandrous marriage
KERALA PSC / CDPO / SOCIOLOGY / FAMILY / OBJECTIVE
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21. The family in which ancestry continuous through father is
termed as
Patriarchal family
22. Which term represents ancestry continuous through mother?
Matrilineal family
23. The marriage sanctioned among members within the members
among the group
Endogamous marriage
24. The marriage sanctioned with members of other group
Exogamous marriage
25. The family consist of spouses, their offsprings and
relatives through marriage is called
Conjugal family
26. The family formed by the marriage through blood relatives
Consanguineous family
27. The family in which the children find to determine their
wishes determine the policy of family
Filocentric family
28. Which act first recognized monogamy as the accepted form
of marriage?
The Hindu Marriage
Act, 1955
29. Special Marriage Act enacted on
1872
30. Hindu Widow Remarriage Act came into force on
1856
KERALA PSC / CDPO / SOCIOLOGY / FAMILY / OBJECTIVE
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31. Child Marriage Restraint Act enacted on
1929
32. Family Court Act came into existence form
1954
33. Prevention of Sati Act came into force in the year
1829
34. The social reformer who works against SATI
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
35. The social reformer works for Hindu Widow Remarriage Act
Pt. Chandra Vidya
Sagar
36. A break down in the pleasant family function is termed as
Family
disorganization
37. The parents of one of the couples, couples, and the
children live together called
Small extended family
38. Parents, their unmarried children and married sons and
their family is
Large extended family
39. Property or money brought by the bride to her husband
when she marries him
Dowry
40. Dowry Prohibition Act enacted on
1961
KERALA PSC / CDPO / SOCIOLOGY / FAMILY / OBJECTIVE
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41. The marriage in which husband engage in marriage with
wife’s sister
Sororate marriage
42. Special Marriage Act enacted on
1954
43. The minimum age stipulated for marriage for bride groom
in India is
21 years
44. The minimum age stipulated for marriage for bride in
India is
18 years
45. Equality in marriage and family functions is included in
the article
Article 16
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