Marriage Set 1

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This set of Social Anthropology Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Marriage Set 1

Q1 | Procreation is another institution of
  • Education
  • Market
  • Communication
  • Marriage
Answer: Marriage
Q2 | Marriage is performed according to the tradition of
  • Society
  • Village
  • Interaction
  • Movies
Answer: Society
Q3 | Among the tribal groups marriage is a social
  • Interaction
  • Contract
  • Relationship
  • Life
Answer: Contract
Q4 | Dowry has been interpreted in terms of the nature of particular
  • Society
  • Language
  • Family
  • Religion
Answer: Society
Q5 | There are cases where in the groom who is not economically well off rendersservices to the parents of
  • The neighbor
  • The siblings
  • The step father
  • The bride
Answer: The bride
Q6 | Primitive people marry
  • Full age
  • Young
  • Unapproved
  • Secretly
Answer: Young
Q7 | The Hindu concept of widowhood is absent among
  • The Tribal
  • The Eskimos
  • The North Indian
  • European
Answer: The Tribal
Q8 | When a person marries outside social group is
  • Endogamy
  • Monogamy
  • Exogamy
  • Polygamy
Answer: Exogamy
Q9 | When a person marries within his own group
  • Exogamy
  • Endogamy
  • Polyandry
  • Polygyny
Answer: Endogamy
Q10 | Monogamy appears to be a natural form of
  • Friendship’
  • Relationship
  • Marriage
  • Primary group
Answer: Marriage
Q11 | The classical Hindu joint family is getting weak in the context of
  • Globalization
  • Primitive society
  • New religious order
  • Modern law
Answer: Globalization
Q12 | The prospective spouses meet each other before actually entering into marriage bond iscalled marriage by
  • Capture
  • Probation
  • Purchase
  • Trial
Answer: Probation
Q13 | In Civilized society, marriage by capture is
  • Approved
  • Encourage
  • Condemned
  • Celebrated
Answer: Condemned
Q14 | When one or both the parents object to the love marriage, the partners resort to marriageby
  • Purchase
  • Trial
  • Probation
  • Elopement
Answer: Elopement
Q15 | In order to give legitimacy to sex hunger there is always some institution of
  • Property
  • Marriage
  • Adoption
  • Transfer of wealth
Answer: Marriage
Q16 | Marriage is a result of
  • Civil or Political
  • Civil or Financial
  • Civil or Religious ceremony
  • Civil or Cultural ceremony
Answer: Civil or Religious ceremony
Q17 | When marriage is contracted within the caste
  • Race endogamy
  • Sub-caste endogamy
  • Caste endogamy
  • Class endogamy
Answer: Caste endogamy
Q18 | Matrilineal societies can be seen among
  • The Garo
  • The Mizo
  • The Assamese
  • The Naga
Answer: The Garo
Q19 | The most prevalent method of securing bride in primitive societies is marriage by
  • Elopement
  • Purchase
  • Service
  • Intrusion
Answer: Purchase
Q20 | The type of marriage when a person dies, his younger brother marries his wife
  • Sororate
  • Levirate
  • Bigamy
  • Polyandry
Answer: Levirate
Q21 | Like most species of animals, human beings must mate in order to
  • Live together
  • Share their feelings
  • Reproduce themselves
  • Bring peace
Answer: Reproduce themselves
Q22 | Human infants have the longest period of
  • Infant dependency
  • Learning
  • Sleeping
  • Breast feeding
Answer: Infant dependency
Q23 | Marriage rules are conventionally prescribed by the
  • Parents
  • Elders
  • Roommates
  • Society
Answer: Society
Q24 | Endogamy is also sometimes extended to village
  • Endogamy
  • Council
  • Headman
  • Group
Answer: Endogamy
Q25 | In matrilineal society every child belongs to its
  • Mother’s lineage
  • Father’s lineage
  • Uncle’s lineage
  • None of the above
Answer: Mother’s lineage
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