Family and Community — Hard

Q1. Why might some modern couples opt for a nuclear family rather than a joint one, as the chapter invites students to consider?

• A. Joint families have no traditions
• B. Aspects of modern living lead them to live apart from older generations
• C. Nuclear families are always richer
• D. Communities forbid joint families

Q2. The chapter notes Tamil has different terms for elder and younger brother/sister. This best supports the idea that Indian languages

• A. Mark relationships with great precision
• B. Have fewer kinship words than English
• C. Avoid naming relatives
• D. Copy English kinship terms

Q3. The chapter links family life to 'following our dharma'. In this context, dharma is best understood as

• A. Earning maximum profit
• B. Doing our duty
• C. Avoiding all work
• D. Competing with neighbours

Q4. Which family value best explains Shalini being happy with a cotton dress so her uncle's family could get new clothes?

• A. Competition
• B. Indifference
• C. Tyāga (sacrifice) and sharing
• D. Saving money for herself

Q5. Tenzing's father taking up cooking and cleaning when his mother got busy best challenges the idea that

• A. Household roles are fixed by gender
• B. Family members should support each other
• C. Grandparents can help children
• D. Families discuss expenses together

Q6. Why does the chapter say unwritten community rules over shared resources 'remain the case' in many tribal and rural village communities today?

• A. Because such practices long gave them secure, agreed access to resources
• B. Because written laws were banned
• C. Because they have no families
• D. Because cities forced them to

Q7. The Bhil halma work and the Chennai 2015 flood relief share which common feature?

• A. Both were paid government projects
• B. People came together for the community's benefit without expecting return
• C. Both happened in cities
• D. Both opposed festivals

Q8. Which values are MOST clearly reflected in Kamal Parmar's initiative for street children?

• A. Profit and competition
• B. Fame-seeking and reward
• C. Sevā (service) and selfless giving to the community
• D. Strict discipline and fees

Q9. How does the chapter use Residents' Welfare Associations to show that communities are interdependent?

• A. They rule the trading community
• B. They never need other people
• C. They depend on traders for supplies and on municipal workers for waste
• D. They replace municipal services

Q10. The chapter says 'new types of communities' emerged in the last 30–40 years. Which is the example it gives?

• A. Joint families
• B. The Bhil tribe
• C. Residents' Welfare Associations
• D. Ancient grazing groups

Q11. Phrases like 'Mumbai's Parsi community' and 'the village's farming community' best show that the word 'community'

• A. Means only a jati
• B. Is a flexible concept with many possible meanings
• C. Refers only to schools
• D. Applies only to cities

Q12. In the 'Let's Explore' activity, students fill a table matching a mother-tongue term to an English description. What does this activity mainly teach?

• A. English has richer kinship words
• B. All languages are identical
• C. Kinship terms are useless
• D. One regional word often needs several English words for a precise meaning

Q13. Family relationships are based on 'interdependence'. In a family, this best means that members

• A. Never rely on one another
• B. Rely on and support one another in their roles
• C. Live completely alone
• D. Only depend on outsiders

Q14. From Tenzing's account, which roles do the grandparents fulfil in the family?

• A. Only earning money outside
• B. Nothing useful
• C. Running the cooperative
• D. Storytelling, wisdom, helping with homework and the school bus

Q15. The 'Before we move on' summary calls the family the 'foundation of human society' mainly because

• A. It is the largest community
• B. Ideally its members support each other in their many duties and tasks
• C. It collects taxes
• D. It replaces the community