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Family Studies Questions and Answers

61.

Match the items of the List - I correctly with List - II :

List - IList - II
a. Endogamous familyi. One man with one woman
b. Monogamous familyii. Marrying outside the group
c. Exogamous familyiii. Marrying inside the group
d. Polyandrous familyiv. Many men marrying one woman
v. Many women marrying one man

Codes : a b c d

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: C

An endogamous family marries inside the group (iii), a monogamous family has one man with one woman (i), an exogamous family marries outside the group (ii) and a polyandrous family has many men marrying one woman (iv). So the code is iii, i, ii, iv.

Option A swaps the meanings of endogamous and exogamous, and options B and D make the polyandrous family women marrying one man, which is polygyny. The words endogamy and exogamy refer to the group within or outside which a person must marry, and the family types are named from the same ideas.

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62.

Marriage laws are designed to protect

I. Safety of the individual
II. Safety of the society
III. Anti-dowry system
IV. Intercaste marriage
Codes :

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: A

Marriage laws are designed to protect the safety of the individual and the safety of society, which are statements I and II. They set conditions such as age, consent and monogamy, and they provide remedies in disputes so that both the person and the social order are protected. Anti-dowry measures and intercaste marriage are specific subjects of other laws or reforms and not the general purpose, so option A is correct.

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63.

Assertion (A) : When the counselor listens quietly to the counselee, the counselee feels relieved of his problems and develops inner strength.

Reason (R) : The counselor's duty is only listening and questioning.
Codes :

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: D

The Assertion is correct: when a counsellor listens quietly, the counselee is able to express feelings, feels relieved and gains inner strength. The Reason is wrong, because the counsellor's duty is not only listening and questioning but also helping the counselee reach his or her own decision and supporting it. So option D is correct. Listening is the starting point of counselling, but the counsellor also asks guiding questions, reflects feelings and helps the person weigh options, so the second statement is too narrow to be accepted.

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64.

Write the sequential order of the stages of family life cycle.

I. Establishing stage
II. Shrinking stage
III. Child rearing stage
IV. Expanding stage
V. Empty nest stage
Code :

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: B

The stages of the family life cycle run in this order: establishing, child rearing, expanding, shrinking and empty nest. That is I, III, IV, II, V, which is option B. The couple first sets up a home, then children are born and raised, the family expands as children grow, it shrinks as they leave, and finally the couple lives alone in the empty nest stage. Each stage is defined by the children's ages and the changing number of family members. The stages help in planning income, housing and consumption at different points in the life of the household.

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65.

Assertion (A) : Sex ratio at birth is an indicator of the discrimination against girl children and heinous crimes such as female foeticide.

Reason (R) : Gender equity should lead to sex ratio being less skewed.
Codes :

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2014,

Answer: A

Both the assertion and the reason are correct.

The sex ratio at birth shows whether girls are born in the expected numbers, so a skewed ratio points to discrimination against girl children and to sex-selective abortion. Gender equity, as the reason says, would lead to a less skewed ratio.

Options B, C and D each call one or both statements wrong.

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66.

Arrange in the order of the year of enactment of the law (most recent to oldest)

a. The Factories Act
b. The Plantation Act
c. The Bonded Labour System (Abolition)
d. The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act
Codes :

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2014,

Answer: B

From most recent to oldest the order is Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, Plantation Act and Factories Act, so d, c, b, a.

The Child Labour Act dates from 1986, the Bonded Labour Act from 1976, the Plantations Labour Act from 1951 and the Factories Act from 1948.

Options A, C and D place the Factories Act, the oldest, or the Plantation Act earlier in the list than they belong.

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67.

Which of the following laws can a child be adopted under

(a) PNDT (b) CARA
(c) HAMA (d) GAWA
(e) JJA
Codes :

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2014,

Answer: A

A child can be adopted under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act (HAMA), the Guardians and Wards Act (GAWA) and the Juvenile Justice Act (JJA). That is (c), (d) and (e).


The PNDT Act deals with pre-natal diagnostic techniques and sex selection, and CARA, the Central Adoption Resource Authority, is a body that regulates adoption and is not itself a law under which a child is adopted. Options with (a) or (b) are therefore wrong.

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