Practice

Family and Community — Practice

15 questions 15 min Recall + understand

Q1. According to the chapter, the family is described as which kind of unit of society?
- A. A modern and temporary unit
- B. A purely economic unit
- C. The fundamental and most ancient unit
- D. A unit only found in villages
Q2. A joint family is best described as one in which
- A. Only a couple and their children live together
- B. Only grandparents live alone
- C. Several generations live together
- D. Members never share resources
Q3. A nuclear family is limited to
- A. A couple and their children, or one parent and children
- B. Several generations under one roof
- C. Only members of one jati
- D. A whole village
Q4. In Hindi, the words bua, tau, chacha, mausi, nana and nani are examples of
- A. Many specific terms for family relationships
- B. Names of festivals
- C. Names of communities
- D. Types of food
Q5. Why is there usually no single word for 'cousin' in most Indian languages?
- A. Cousins are considered strangers
- B. Cousins are not part of the family
- C. The word was forgotten over time
- D. Cousins are simply called 'brothers' and 'sisters'
Q6. In the chapter, the word 'cooperation' is explained as meaning
- A. Working against each other
- B. Competing for resources
- C. Living separately
- D. Working together
Q7. The chapter calls the family a 'school' because children learn values such as
- A. Reading and writing only
- B. Map reading
- C. How to earn money
- D. Ahimsa, dāna, sevā and tyāga
Q8. Shalini, whose family story is told in the chapter, lives in a town in which state?
- A. Kerala
- B. Meghalaya
- C. Gujarat
- D. Madhya Pradesh
Q9. For which festival was Shalini's whole family preparing in the story?
- A. Diwali
- B. Bihu
- C. Pongal
- D. Onam
Q10. Tenzing, the second family-story narrator, lives in a village in which state?
- A. Kerala
- B. Rajasthan
- C. Tamil Nadu
- D. Meghalaya
Q11. In the chapter, a group of connected people — families and people around them — is called a
- A. Dynasty
- B. Workshop
- C. Kingdom
- D. Community
Q12. The halma tradition of coming together in times of crisis belongs to which community?
- A. Parsi community
- B. Bhil community
- C. Sikh community
- D. Farming community of Punjab
Q13. Kamal Parmar, who began teaching underprivileged street children after work hours, lived in which city?
- A. Chennai
- B. Ahmedabad
- C. Mumbai
- D. Jhabua
Q14. During which event did spiritual and religious organisations cook and distribute large quantities of food to people in need?
- A. The Onam festival
- B. The Jhabua drought
- C. The Chennai floods of 2015
- D. A storm in Meghalaya
Q15. Residents' Welfare Associations in urban areas are an example of a community that
- A. Rules all of India
- B. Has no rules at all
- C. Only celebrates festivals
- D. Makes its own rules and regulations

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