Family and Community — Quiz

Q1. A household has grandparents, their two sons with wives, and four grandchildren all living together. This is an example of a

• A. Nuclear family
• B. Joint family
• C. Residents' Welfare Association
• D. Single-parent family

Q2. Why does a single mother-tongue kinship word often need several English words to explain it?

• A. English has more relatives
• B. Indian terms are more specific about exact relationships
• C. English words are longer
• D. The terms mean the same thing

Q3. As children grow up in a family, what does the chapter say they do?

• A. They take on more responsibilities to help family members
• B. They stop helping the family
• C. They leave the family at once
• D. They only study and never help

Q4. Shalini's parents bought new clothes for her uncle's family too, so Shalini got a simple cotton dress instead of silk. What does this best illustrate?

• A. Families compete for the best clothes
• B. Cousins are not real family
• C. Festivals should be avoided
• D. Families support each other and share what they have

Q5. After Tenzing's mother became busy in a handicraft cooperative, his father began cleaning the house and tending the garden. This shows that family roles

• A. Are fixed and never change
• B. Should never be discussed
• C. Belong only to women
• D. Can be shared and adjusted as needs change

Q6. Tenzing's grandfather registered a power-failure complaint and collected money to repair a neighbour's storm-damaged house. This shows he is active in

• A. Social work in the community
• B. Only his own household
• C. Running a grocery store
• D. The handicraft cooperative

Q7. Tenzing's mother says the family should always save some money. For what reason?

• A. For unexpected needs that may arise in future
• B. To buy silk clothes
• C. To pay community fines
• D. To leave the village

Q8. In some villages, why do community members come together for land preparation, sowing and harvesting?

• A. To compete with other villages
• B. To leave farming
• C. To collect taxes
• D. To support each other in agricultural practices

Q9. Communities often agreed on unwritten 'rules' about shared water, grazing lands and forest produce mainly to

• A. Punish outsiders
• B. Increase taxes
• C. Give the community secure access to resources
• D. Stop all farming

Q10. The Bhils dug trenches and planted trees without pay. In the halma tradition, what was their objective?

• A. To serve Mother Earth as a duty
• B. To earn government salaries
• C. To win a competition
• D. To sell trees to tourists

Q11. Older school students and teachers who joined Kamal Parmar's free classes felt that they

• A. Learnt a lot from the underprivileged children
• B. Wasted their time
• C. Earned high salaries
• D. Were forced to teach

Q12. The chapter gives the example that a jāti, or a subdivision of it, is also often called a

• A. Family
• B. Nuclear unit
• C. Community
• D. Festival

Q13. Within a school, a student may belong to several communities. Which is an example given in the chapter?

• A. A Residents' Welfare Association
• B. The Bhil community
• C. The National Cadet Corps or a science club
• D. The trading community

Q14. Unwritten community rules give secure access to resources, but they also mean that

• A. No one has any duty
• B. Resources become unlimited
• C. Only outsiders work
• D. Every family and individual has specific duties to perform

Q15. According to the chapter, parents are responsible for raising their children to become

• A. Wealthy business owners
• B. Community leaders only
• C. Happy individuals and responsible members of society
• D. Teachers only