What is matrilocal family?
A. A family in which the wife is chosen from the local caste
B. A family in which the wife is chosen from the local village
C. A family in which the husband lives at his wife's parent's house
D. A family belonging to one locality
Answer: Option C
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A. Five degrees on the father's side
B. Seven degrees on their father's side
C. Three degrees of ascendency
D. Any degree of ascendency
Which of the following is a nuclear family?
A. A family in which one husband, wife and their children live together
B. A family in which all the brothers of the husband as well as their wives and children live together
C. A family in which only wife and husband live together
D. None of the above
. . . . . . . . is a form of marriage in which men of lower caste marry women of superior caste.
A. Anuloma
B. Pratiloma
C. Levirate
D. Sororate
When a person is required to marry the sister of his deceased wife the system is known as:
A. Levirate
B. Exogamy
C. Hypergamy
D. None of these
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