In their book 'Symmetrical Family' Young and Willmott attempt to trace the development of the family from pre-industrial.
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Which one of the following correctly defines the concept of social structure?
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Who among the following distinguishes modern society from earlier societies as risk society?
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Match the following in the term of Features and Term:
| List I (Features) | List II (Term) |
| a. All descendants in one line of a particular person through a determinate number of generations | 1. Lineage |
| b. All descendants through males of a single ancestor | 2. Paternity confidence |
| c. All descendants through females of a single ancestor | 3. Patri-lineage |
| d. A man's confidence in the patemity of his own children | 4. Matri-lineage |
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Which among the following is a feature of community?
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According to Marx the peasantry cannot be revolutionary class because
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The process of social change to which people attribute positive values is termed as
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Which institution is central to Indian society?
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Which of the following is an institution:
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A medical student playing the role of student i.e. the correlative status of his teacher also is an example of
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Match the following in the term of Concepts and Thinkers
| List I (Concepts) | List II (Thinkers) |
| a. Family and Social Network | 1. Young and Willmott |
| b. Family and Kinship in East London | 2. Talcott Parsons |
| c. World Revolution and Family Patterns | 3. Elizabeth Bott |
| d. Family, Socialisation and Interaction process | 4. William J. Goode |
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The regular ten-yearly exercise of causes had begun in the:
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The maintenance provided by the husband to the divorced wife is called
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The dysfunction of caste from economic point of view is:
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Social evolution is an example of
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A social institution is a structure of society that is organised to meet the needs of people chiefly through well established procedure is given by
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A change in social position that does not alter a person's status is
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Which of the following has been a result of globalisation on Indian Economy?
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Match the following in the term of Term and Relationship:
| List I (Term) | List II (Relationship) |
| a. Genitor | 1. Relationship by marriage |
| b. Genitrix | 2. Biological father |
| c. Compadrazgo | 3. Biological mother |
| d. Affinity | 4. Ritual |
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Which one of the following statements is correct?
1. In simple societies kinship and territorial homogeneity made the exercising of political function possible.
2. Unique feature of society is the spirit of cultural accommodation.
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1. In simple societies kinship and territorial homogeneity made the exercising of political function possible.
2. Unique feature of society is the spirit of cultural accommodation.
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