Model MCQ's ISC Sociology
Social Institutions - Kinship
1. Who defined kinship as “the social recognition of biological ties”?
(A) Malinowski
(B) W. H. R. Rivers
(C) Radcliffe-Brown
(D) Bronislaw Malinowski
(B) W. H. R. Rivers
2. What are the two main types of kinship?
(A) Affinal and Consanguineous
(B) Descriptive and Classificatory
(C) Patrilineal and Matrilineal
(D) Primary and Secondary
(A) Affinal and Consanguineous
3. What is affinal kinship?
(A) Blood relationships
(B) Kinship based on marriage
(C) Kinship with direct descendants
(D) Kinship with cousins
(B) Kinship based on marriage
4. What is consanguineous kinship?
(A) Kinship through marriage
(B) Kinship based on blood relations
(C) Kinship with in-laws
(D) Kinship with friends
(B) Kinship based on blood relations
5. What is the term used for the practice where a husband observes restrictions during his wife’s pregnancy?
(A) Avunculate
(B) Teknonymy
(C) Couvade
(D) Amitate
(C) Couvade
6. What are unilineal descent systems?
(A) Systems recognizing both maternal and paternal descent
(B) Systems recognizing either the father’s or the mother’s line
(C) Systems that allow for adoption
(D) Systems that rely on economic status
(B) Systems recognizing either the father’s or the mother’s line
7. What is patrilineal descent?
(A) Descent traced through the father’s side
(B) Descent traced through the mother’s side
(C) A system where both sides are equally recognized
(D) Kinship based on sibling relations
(A) Descent traced through the father’s side
8. What is matrilineal descent?
(A) Descent traced through the father’s side
(B) Descent traced through both parents equally
(C) Descent traced through the mother’s side
(D) Descent through adoption
(C) Descent traced through the mother’s side
9. Which of the following refers to a person being identified by their child’s name?
(A) Couvade
(B) Amitate
(C) Teknonymy
(D) Avoidance
(C) Teknonymy
10. What does the term 'avunculate' refer to?
(A) Relationship with the father
(B) Importance of the maternal uncle in the child’s life
(C) Avoidance between father-in-law and daughter-in-law
(D) Elder brother's authority
(B) Importance of the maternal uncle in the child’s life
11. What is amitate in kinship usage?
(A) Importance of the paternal uncle
(B) Importance of the father’s sister in the child’s life
(C) Kinship between cousins
(D) Avoidance relationships
(B) Importance of the father’s sister in the child’s life
12. What is the avoidance relationship in kinship?
(A) Social interaction between cousins
(B) Mutual support among siblings
(C) Sharing property among kin
(D) Restriction of interaction between certain kin, such as mother-in-law and son-in-law
(D) Restriction of interaction between certain kin, such as mother-in-law and son-in-law
13. Which theory explains avoidance due to cultural differences between in-laws?
(A) Freud’s psycho-analytic theory
(B) Social conflict theory
(C) Radcliffe-Brown’s theory of social relations
(D) Lowie’s theory of cultural values
(D) Lowie’s theory of cultural values
14. What is a joking relationship in kinship?
(A) A formal relationship between elders
(B) A relationship that involves familiarity and humor between certain kin
(C) A reserved and respectful relationship
(D) A relationship between distant relatives
(B) A relationship that involves familiarity and humor between certain kin
15. Joking relationships are often found between:
(A) Parents and children
(B) Maternal uncle and nephew
(C) Brother-in-law and sister-in-law
(D) Elders and juniors
(C) Brother-in-law and sister-in-law
16. What is the function of avoidance in kinship relationships?
(A) To enhance economic cooperation
(B) To maintain distance and prevent conflict
(C) To encourage social interactions
(D) To establish equality in the family
(B) To maintain distance and prevent conflict
17. How does Freud explain avoidance in kinship?
(A) Due to economic disparities
(B) As a means to avoid incestuous feelings
(C) To enhance political control
(D) To reduce social conflict
(B) As a means to avoid incestuous feelings
18. Which of the following terms refers to indirect kin relationships?
(A) Primary kin
(B) Secondary kin
(C) Tertiary kin
(D) Affinal kin
(C) Tertiary kin
19. What are primary kin?
(A) Direct relatives like parents and siblings
(B) Indirect relatives like cousins
(C) Distant relatives like second cousins
(D) Affinal relatives
(A) Direct relatives like parents and siblings
20. Who are secondary kin?
(A) Relatives related through primary kin, like an uncle
(B) Affinal kin
(C) Relatives with no direct blood tie
(D) Relatives in a distant generation
(A) Relatives related through primary kin, like an uncle
21. What is the classificatory system in kinship terms?
(A) A system where specific terms are used for every relative
(B) A system where broad categories are used to refer to multiple relatives
(C) A system of ranking kin by wealth
(D) A system of identifying kin by their profession
(B) A system where broad categories are used to refer to multiple relatives
22. Which of the following is a descriptive kinship term?
(A) Cousin
(B) Uncle
(C) Father
(D) Nephew
(C) Father
23. Which of the following is an example of a classificatory kinship term?
(A) Father
(B) Sister
(C) Cousin
(D) Mother
(C) Cousin
24. Kinship terms that specify the exact relationship, such as ‘uncle,’ are part of which system?
(A) Classificatory system
(B) Descriptive system
(C) Patrilineal system
(D) Matrilineal system
(B) Descriptive system
25. In the degree of kinship, how many secondary kin can a person have according to Murdock?
(A) 12
(B) 33
(C) 50
(D) 151
(B) 33
26. What is the degree of kinship?
(A) The distance between ego and their relatives
(B) The frequency of interaction between kin
(C) The legal recognition of kinship
(D) The economic contribution of kin
(A) The distance between ego and their relatives
27. Tertiary kin are related through:
(A) Primary kin
(B) Secondary kin
(C) Both primary and secondary kin
(D) Unrelated families
(B) Secondary kin
28. Which kinship system combines different categories of relatives under the same term?
(A) Descriptive kinship
(B) Affinal kinship
(C) Classificatory kinship
(D) Consanguineous kinship
(C) Classificatory kinship
29. What is the primary difference between classificatory and descriptive kinship terms?
(A) Classificatory terms apply to multiple categories, descriptive terms specify relationships
(B) Descriptive terms apply only to marriage
(C) Classificatory terms apply to affinal relatives
(D) Descriptive terms are only used in modern societies
(A) Classificatory terms apply to multiple categories, descriptive terms specify relationships
30. What is the primary function of kinship in a society?
(A) Economic cooperation
(B) Regulation of marriage, inheritance, and social roles
(C) Political governance
(D) Religious ceremonies
(B) Regulation of marriage, inheritance, and social roles
31. How are ego’s father’s brother and father’s sister’s husband addressed in classificatory kinship systems?
(A) Father
(B) Brother
(C) Cousin
(D) Uncle
(D) Uncle
32. Which kinship term refers to ego’s father’s sister’s son in a classificatory system?
(A) Cousin
(B) Brother
(C) Uncle
(D) Nephew
(A) Cousin
33. According to Radcliffe-Brown, what is the purpose of joking relationships?
(A) To create conflict in the family
(B) To reduce social tensions through humor and familiarity
(C) To increase family wealth
(D) To ensure political loyalty
(B) To reduce social tensions through humor and familiarity
34. Which kinship term is used for ego’s father’s brother’s son in descriptive kinship systems?
(A) Cousin
(B) Brother
(C) Nephew
(D) Uncle
(A) Cousin
35. What is the significance of teknonymy in kinship?
(A) It allows flexibility in naming
(B) It reflects a person’s status through their child
(C) It is a form of marriage ritual
(D) It restricts social interactions
(B) It reflects a person’s status through their child
36. Which kinship system places special importance on the maternal uncle?
(A) Teknonymy
(B) Avunculate
(C) Amitate
(D) Avoidance
(B) Avunculate
37. Which kinship usage involves the father’s sister having authority in the family?
(A) Teknonymy
(B) Avunculate
(C) Amitate
(D) Joking relationships
(C) Amitate
38. Who developed the classificatory and descriptive systems of kinship terms?
(A) Morgan
(B) Murdock
(C) Malinowski
(D) Lowie
(A) Morgan
39. In avoidance relationships, who is commonly avoided by the son-in-law?
(A) Brother-in-law
(B) Mother-in-law
(C) Father-in-law
(D) Cousin
(B) Mother-in-law
40. In joking relationships, who are the common participants?
(A) Mother and son
(B) Husband and wife
(C) Brother-in-law and sister-in-law
(D) Father and son
(C) Brother-in-law and sister-in-law
41. What is the primary cause of avoidance relationships according to Radcliffe-Brown?
(A) Economic reasons
(B) Social necessity to prevent conflict
(C) Religious beliefs
(D) Political control
(B) Social necessity to prevent conflict
42. In which system of residence does the child reside with the maternal uncle?
(A) Patrilocal residence
(B) Avunculocal residence
(C) Matrilocal residence
(D) Neolocal residence
(B) Avunculocal residence
43. What is the relationship between ego’s father’s brother and ego called in a descriptive kinship system?
(A) Cousin
(B) Uncle
(C) Brother
(D) Nephew
(B) Uncle
44. In which culture are joking relationships reported to sometimes lead to sexual intimacy?
(A) Hopi
(B) Nuer
(C) Trobriand Islanders
(D) Khasi
(C) Trobriand Islanders
45. In avoidance relationships, what is the reason for avoiding the opposite sex according to Freud?
(A) Economic reasons
(B) Fear of religious punishment
(C) To avoid sexual tension
(D) Political reasons
(C) To avoid sexual tension
46. Which of the following describes the kinship system where cousins are treated as siblings?
(A) Descriptive system
(B) Classificatory system
(C) Patrilineal system
(D) Affinal system
(B) Classificatory system
47. How many tertiary kin does Murdock suggest a person may have?
(A) 33
(B) 50
(C) 100
(D) 151
(D) 151
48. What is the kinship term for a father’s sister’s husband in the classificatory system?
(A) Cousin
(B) Father
(C) Uncle
(D) Brother
(C) Uncle
49. Kinship terms that show exact relationships are referred to as:
(A) Classificatory terms
(B) Affinal terms
(C) Descriptive terms
(D) Primary terms
(C) Descriptive terms
50. What is the purpose of kinship systems in society?
(A) To regulate only economic exchanges
(B) To establish social order, roles, and responsibilities
(C) To provide political governance
(D) To dictate religious practices
(B) To establish social order, roles, and responsibilities
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