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Multiple choice civics understanding our relations family, their types and inheritance family and society the family and society family values family values and its importance

We need to _________ each others feelings.

  1. Misunderstand

  2. Understand

  3. Misinterpret

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

In a family, it is very important that members should understand each other feelings and respect those feelings. The family should be formed by trust, love and mutual understanding.

Multiple choice civics understanding our relations family, their types and inheritance family and society the family and society family values family values and its importance

The word family tree indicates that many generations spread out and grow just like the many branches of the tree.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Family tree is a diagram or representation showing the relationship between people in many generations of a family. It helps us relating ourselves from any person from our family. It is a historical data.

Multiple choice civics understanding our relations family, their types and inheritance family and society the family and society family values family values and its importance

"A man is born free and everywhere he chains" Whose words are these ?

  1. Rousseau

  2. Austin

  3. Plato

  4. Hegel
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Jean Jacques Rousseau wrote the quote "A man is born free but everywhere he is in chains". Rousseau was a influential philosopher, writer and composer of eighteen century Europe. In his quote Rousseau tries to state that all humans are born with equal rights but some are deprived of these rights and enslaved by the chains of compulsion force. The chains of slavery, poverty, class, sect are the indicators that man is enslaved at some level.

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Joint family came into being in ______.

  1. Industrial society

  2. Agricultural society

  3. Modern society

  4. Feudal society
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
In Feudalism Lands were exchanged with services. Lands were granted to peasants as long as they provide services. Peasants used to work hard on small plots granted to them by the land Lords and they remained in possession of land as long as they provided services. It led to the gathering of Families of a holder to live and serve together. They were known as serfs (slaves) and were allowed very little mobility. 
While a small family and nuclear family came into being in Modern society which is basically marked by Industrialisation.
Multiple choice civics understanding our relations family, their types and inheritance family and society the family and society family values family values and its importance

Which came first into existence ?

  1. A society

  2. A tribe

  3. A state

  4. A family
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Usually, family consists of a group of parents and their children living together as a single unit. A tribe is a social division of society consisting families with links such as social, economic, religious, etc. A society is a group of individuals living together who share similar geographic or social territory. A state is a civil government of a nation with a community of people exercising power over specified territory. Option D - a family is the correct answer, as the smallest and first unit which came into existence. 

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Which helps the most in the development of a child?

  1. Home

  2. Family

  3. Hospital

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

Family plays an important role in the mental, physical and emotional development of a child. The family provides a secure and supportive place for a child that is essential for his/her good upbringing.

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In which part of Karnataka, matriarchal families are found? 

  1. Uttara Kannada

  2. Mysore region

  3. Hyderabad Karnataka region

  4. Dakshina Kannada
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Apart from patriarchal families , in matriarchal families women are the head of the family. In this system, family relations can be traced through females. In south Karnataka Bunt communities follow this practice. They are found basically in coastal districts of Karnataka.

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In which state of our country, matriarchal families are found ?

  1. Tamil Nadu

  2. Kerala

  3. Andhra Pradesh

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

Matriarchy is a social organization where the mother is the head of the family. In Kerala, women enjoy a higher status as compared to other Indian states. This is reflected by Kerala's sex ratio and literacy rates. Marumakkathayam was a matrilineal inheritance system prevalent in Kerala, where property inheritance was traced through females. Officially, the state has banned matrilineal family structure by the Kerala Joint Hindu Family System (Abolition) Act, 1975. Kerala state legislature passed this act. Hence, option B Kerala is the correct answer.   

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Joint family consists of ______________.    

  1. Parents and children

  2. Grandparents

  3. Close relatives

  4. All of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

A joint family is a type of family that includes two or more generations related to either the paternal or maternal line who maintain a common residence and lives together. It is a type of extended family composed of two or more than two parents and their children living together.