Systems of Kinship

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Systems of Kinship: Family, household, marriage; Types and forms of family; Lineage and descent; Patriarchy and sexual division of labour; Contemporary trends.

2025

Section a · 1. · Paper Q4(a) · 2025 · 20 marks · Solution

Give an account of the recent trends of marriage in the Indian context. How are these different from traditional practices?

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2021

Section a · 2. · Paper Q7(a) · 2021 · 20 marks · Solution

Explain how the pattern of patriarchy is being altered in a family and at the workplace in the present context.

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Section a · 3. · Paper Q8(a) · 2021 · 20 marks · Solution

Discuss the changing nature of kinship relations in the contemporary world.

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2019

Section a · 4. · Paper Q8(a) · 2019 · 20 marks · Solution

In the light of judicial intervention on 'Live-in relationships', discuss the future of marriage and family in India

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2018

Section e · 5. · Paper Q1(e) · 2018 · 10 marks · Solution

What are the new forms of family in developed societies? Discuss

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Section b · 6. · Paper Q6(b) · 2018 · 15 marks · Solution

Distinguish between family and household with reference to the concept of development of the household.

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2017

Section d · 7. · Paper Q5(d) · 2017 · 10 marks · Solution

Examine 'patriarchal bargain ' as gendered division of work in contemporary India

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Section a · 8. · Paper Q7(a) · 2017 · 10 marks · Solution

Examine the relationship between the contemporary trends in marriage and changing from family

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2016

Section c · 9. · Paper Q8(c) · 2016 · 15 marks · Solution

Distinguish between family and household as sociological concepts.

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2015

Section c · 10. · Paper Q6(c) · 2015 · 15 marks · Solution

How do the rules of descent and alliance in kinship differ from each other? Illustrate.

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