Sociology I · Practice questions
Family, Household and Marriage
31 questions match. Years are the CSE year of the toppers who answered.
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How does post patriarchy impact the emerging pattern of sex-roles in modern society.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 6 toppers · CSE 2025
Patriarchy and GenderFamily, Household and Marriage
How did the advance of capitalism revolutionize family as an institution?
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 6 toppers · CSE 2025
Family, Household and MarriageOrganisation of Work
Examine the impact of secularisation on family and marriage systems.
20 marks · Answered by 6 toppers · CSE 2025
Family, Household and MarriageReligion in Modern Society
Explain the concept of fictive kinship and its significance in forming social bonds. How does it operate in modern societies?
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 5 toppers · CSE 2025
Family, Household and MarriageLineage and Descent
Discuss the feminist rejection of structural functionalist understanding of family. Illustrate this in context of India.
20 marks · Answered by 5 toppers · CSE 2022–2025
Family, Household and MarriagePatriarchy and Gender
No society gives absolute freedom to its members to select their partners. Examine the changing rules of marriage.
20 marks · Answered by 5 toppers · CSE 2025
Family, Household and Marriage
“The family may well be dysfunctional both for society and its individual members”. Evaluate the statement with the help of sociological perspectives.
20 marks · Answered by 4 toppers · CSE 2024–2025
Family, Household and MarriagePatriarchy and Gender
Could you elaborate on the diverse types of family structures prevalent in today's societies?
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 4 toppers · CSE 2024–2025
Family, Household and MarriagePatriarchy and Gender
The alternatives to the institution of the marriage are leading to its disintegration. Identify the causes and comment on the validity of the statement.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 4 toppers · CSE 2024–2025
Family, Household and Marriage
“Family is transforming from a fixed structure to a fluid process in liquid modernity.” Analyse this transition through the lenses of Bauman and contemporary family studies.
20 marks · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2025
Family, Household and MarriageTheories and Agents of Social Change
With the rise of nuclear modern families, the relevance of kinship studies in the sociological analysis is reducing. Do you agree?
20 marks · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2025
Family, Household and MarriageLineage and Descent
Evaluate the impact of social media on primary and secondary group dynamics in modern society.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2025
Science, Technology and Social ChangeFamily, Household and Marriage
Discuss the rise of single-parent and cohabiting families in contemporary society. What are the social and economic implications of these trends?
20 marks · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2025
Family, Household and Marriage
Family is represented as a unit where relations are unequal and exploitative based on sex. Critically discuss.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2025
Patriarchy and GenderFamily, Household and Marriage
"Marriage as a social institution is undergoing transformation, not disintegration." Critically comment in light of emerging alternatives to conventional marriage.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2025
Family, Household and MarriagePatriarchy and Gender
Discuss how the traditional functions of marriage are increasingly replaced by contractual and consumer-driven roles.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2025
Family, Household and Marriage
Discuss the idea of "patriarchal bargain" in Indian households.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2025
Patriarchy and GenderFamily, Household and Marriage
Gender is not something that we innately have, but rather is something that we do. In this context, explain the gender differences reinforced when we "do gender."
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2025
Patriarchy and GenderFamily, Household and Marriage
Discuss the stages in which the institution of family evolved from pre-industrial society, according to Michael Young and Peter Willmott in their work "The Symmetric Family".
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2025
Family, Household and Marriage
Define the concept of 'foster families' How is it different from adoption? Has India truly accepted the concept?
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Family, Household and Marriage
Describe how the emergence of new forms of family and marriage have changed the typical image of a conventional monolithic family.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Family, Household and MarriagePatriarchy and Gender
Analyse the significance of changing gender roles and ageing on family systems.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Family, Household and MarriagePatriarchy and Gender
How do rules of descent and alliance in kinship differ from each other? Illustrate.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Lineage and DescentFamily, Household and Marriage
Elaborate on your understanding of deinstitutionalisation and desacrilisation of marriage.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Family, Household and Marriage