Social Science

Family Structure and Dynamics

428 Questions

Family structure and dynamics examine the various forms of familial organizations, such as joint, nuclear, and single parent families. Questions address the traditional definitions of family in India, the roles of family members, and the characteristics of extended households. This topic frequently appears in sociology, psychology, and general studies examinations.

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Family Structure and Dynamics Questions

Multiple choice technology testing

Who creates the Happy Family

  1. Broker

  2. Manager

  3. Family Member

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

In banking/insurance systems, a broker is typically the role that creates family account groupings like 'Happy Family' for policy aggregation or relationship pricing.

Multiple choice technology databases

A segment has 3 occurrences for a parent. This segment is called a

  1. multiple

  2. twin

  3. sibling

  4. none of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In IMS hierarchical databases, when a segment type has multiple occurrences (instances) under the same parent segment, those occurrences are called 'twins'. Each twin represents a different record of the same segment type sharing a common parent. 'Sibling' refers to different segment types under the same parent, not multiple occurrences of the same type.

Multiple choice technology databases

A segment has 3 occurrences for a parent. This segment is called a

  1. multiple

  2. twin

  3. sibling

  4. none of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In IMS hierarchical databases, when a segment type has multiple occurrences (instances) under the same parent segment, those occurrences are called 'twins'. Each twin represents a different record of the same segment type sharing a common parent. 'Sibling' refers to different segment types under the same parent, not multiple occurrences of the same type.

Multiple choice technology databases

A segment has 3 occurrences for a parent. This segment is called a

  1. multiple

  2. twin

  3. sibling

  4. none of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In IMS hierarchical databases, when a segment type has multiple occurrences (instances) under the same parent segment, those occurrences are called 'twins'. Each twin represents a different record of the same segment type sharing a common parent. 'Sibling' refers to different segment types under the same parent, not multiple occurrences of the same type.

Multiple choice technology databases

A segment has 3 occurrences for a parent. This segment is called a

  1. multiple

  2. twin

  3. sibling

  4. none of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In IMS, a twin is another occurrence of the same segment type under a single parent. If a parent has 3 occurrences of segment X, those 3 occurrences are twins of each other. 'Multiple' is not the standard IMS terminology for this concept, and 'sibling' refers to different segment types under the same parent, not multiple occurrences of the same type.

Multiple choice

n couples are invited to a party with the condition that every husband should be accompanied by his wife. However, a wife need not be accompanied by her husband. The number of different gatherings possible at the party is
  1. $^{2n}\mathrm{C}_n\times 2^n$
  2. $3^n$
  3. $\frac{(2n)!}{2^n}$
  4. $^{2n}\mathrm{C}_n$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Each wife independently decides whether to attend (2 choices each). For each wife who attends, her husband may independently choose to accompany her (2 choices per husband). First choose which subset of n wives attend: C(n, k) for k=0 to n, which sums to 2^n. Then for each attending wife (k of them), choose whether her husband attends: 2^k ways. Summing over k gives 2^n * C(n, k) * 2^k for each k, which equals C(2n, n) * 2^n = (2n)!/(n! * n!) * 2^n. Option A correctly captures this: choose n people from 2n total, then multiply by 2^n for husband choices.

Multiple choice

n couples are invited to a party with the condition that every husband should be accompanied by his wife. However, a wife need not be accompanied by her husband. The number of different gatherings possible at the party is
  1. $^{2n}\mathrm{C}_n\times 2^n$
  2. $3^n$
  3. $\frac{(2n)!}{2^n}$
  4. $^{2n}\mathrm{C}_n$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

We need to select which wives attend (choose n out of 2n women), then each attending wife brings her husband. If k wives are selected, we must include their k husbands, totaling 2k people from k couples. The number of ways to choose k couples from n is nCk, and from these k couples, all 2k people attend. Summing over k from 0 to n: Σ(k=0 to n) nCk = 2^n. Then 2nCn accounts for selecting which n positions/couples.

Multiple choice

Family system followed when

Directions: Choose the most correct answer based on the given reading.

Families formed as an answer to the questions faced by growing tribes in the early times. When the number of people of an early human tribe kept on growing, space became short. It became impossible to keep on sharing common roofs. The grazing, hunting, and farming grounds close to the home of the tribe were no more enough to feed all. People had to cover greater distances in a day to get food. It became more and more difficult to carry back food from where it was found.

When people grew in skills and knowledge, it made life easier and plentiful. There was no more any need to share most of their belongings. So, people started to have personal belongings and attachments. This gave rise to greed and envy. Greater numbers of people meant greater differences among them. Everybody had his or her own tastes. So, it became harder to please everybody by common cooking. To find an answer to these problems, the tribe divided into smaller groups called families that started to live and cook separately. Families built themselves around providers, or the persons who put food on the table, and were made up of blood relations of the main provider. Thus, the tribe grew from a family-less group to a group of families.

  1. everything was common in a tribal settlement

  2. things were available in plenty

  3. there was no need to share

  4. things started becoming private
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

 Because people started having different tastes and likings, it lead to formation of families. Instead of a common kitchen, cooking was now done to suit personal tastes.

Multiple choice

A group of related families constitutes a/an _____.

  1. family

  2. order

  3. class

  4. division
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In biological classification hierarchy, the order is: species → genus → family → order → class → phylum → kingdom. A group of related families makes an order, just as related genera make a family.

Multiple choice

A recent national study shows that in upper middle class houses, there is an average of one car per family member in every family, four times as many than there were 10 years ago.

  1. there is an average of one car per family member in every family, four times as many than there were 10 years ago.

  2. there is an average of one car per family member in every family, four times as many as there were 10 years ago.

  3. every family has an average of one car per family member, four times as many than there were

  4. every family have an average of one car per family member, four times as many than there were

  5. each family have an average of one car per family member , four times as many than there were
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

We always use the comparison “ as many……as” .