MCQ Chapter 4 Sociology Class 11 Maharashtra Board Social Institutions 1. What is meant by cohabitation?Marriage between same-sex partnersExtended family livingUnmarried couple sharing a householdTemporary roommatesQuestion 1 of 202. What causes step-parenting families to form?Communal livingSingle-parent choicesNuclear family growthReconstitution after divorce or deathQuestion 2 of 203. How does the Webster Dictionary define marriage?A temporary bondA legally recognized union of partnersAn economic agreementA religious ritualQuestion 3 of 204. What is a primary goal of marriage?Economic dominancePolitical alliancesProcreationSocial isolationQuestion 4 of 205. How has marriage’s definition expanded?It excludes partnershipsIt bans procreationIt includes same-sex unionsIt limits relationsQuestion 5 of 206. What does monogamy mean?Multiple partnersOne spouse at a timeMarriage within a groupMarriage outside a groupQuestion 6 of 207. What is polyandry in marriage?One man with multiple wivesMarriage within a casteOne woman with multiple husbandsSame-sex marriageQuestion 7 of 208. What does polygyny involve?One woman with multiple husbandsSingle-partner marriageOne man with multiple wivesMarriage outside a groupQuestion 8 of 209. What is endogamy?Marriage outside a groupMarriage with multiple partnersMarriage within a cultural groupMarriage without rulesQuestion 9 of 2010. What does exogamy entail?Marriage within a groupMarriage outside one’s groupMarriage with one partnerMarriage based on wealthQuestion 10 of 2011. What is hypergamy in marriage?Marrying lower statusMarrying higher statusMarrying same statusMarrying without statusQuestion 11 of 2012. What defines hypogamy?Marrying higher statusMarrying lower statusMarrying within a casteMarrying equal statusQuestion 12 of 2013. Which country first recognized same-sex marriages?United StatesJapanDenmarkIndiaQuestion 13 of 2014. What did India’s Supreme Court do with Section 377 in 2018?Upheld itIgnored itBanned marriagesDecriminalized consensual gay sexQuestion 14 of 2015. What role does the economy play as a social institution?Enforcing lawsOrganizing production and distributionTeaching religionManaging cultureQuestion 15 of 2016. What marked the Agricultural Revolution?Steam enginesLarge-scale farming with ploughsComputersFactoriesQuestion 16 of 2017. What was a key feature of the Industrial Revolution?Decentralized workAgricultural focusFactory-based workElimination of machinesQuestion 17 of 2018. What invention spurred the Industrial Revolution in 1765?The computerThe telephoneThe ploughThe steam engineQuestion 18 of 2019. What defines the Information Revolution?Focus on farmingEmphasis on ideas over productsManual labor growthReduced technologyQuestion 19 of 2020. What skill became essential in the Information Revolution?Hunting skillsManual laborLiteracy and communicationFarming techniquesQuestion 20 of 20 Loading...
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