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प्रश्न
Answer briefly the following questions :
Differentiate between Levirate and Sororate.
उत्तर
| Levirate | Sororate. |
| 1. The practive of being actual or potential mate to one's husband's brothers. | 1. The word 'soror' means 'sister'. A type of marriage in which one man marries more than one women and all the wives are related to each other as sister. |
| 2. Found amongst Tribal communities. It is also known as called Fraternal polyandry. | 2. Usually found amongst tribes who have high bride prices. |
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Answer in 100-150 words
Explain why patriliny may have been particularly important among elite families.
Explain the various rules related to marriage.
Answer the following question briefly:
What is meant by sororate?
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Women were expected to give up their father’s gotra and take up their husband’s gotra after marriage.
Reason (R): Women who married Satavahana rulers retained their father’s gotras instead of adopting names derived from their husband’s gotra name.
Match the following.
| (i) | Endogamy | (a) | refers to marriage outside the unit |
| (ii) | Exogamy | (b) | refer to the practice of a man having several wives |
| (iii) | Polygyny | (c) | refers to a practice of a woman having several husbands |
| (iv) | Polyandry | (d) | refer to marriage within the unit |
Which of these rulers followed endogamy?
Which of the following refers to marriage within a unit?
Consider the following statements regarding the familial ties and practices:
I. Often people belonging to the same family share food and other resources, and live, work and perform rituals together.
II. Families are usually parts of larger networks of people defined as relatives, or to use a more technical term, kinfolk.
III. While familial ties are often regarded as "natural" and based on blood, they are defined in many different ways.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
Consider the following statements regarding the rules of marriage during the Early Societies:
I. At that time sons were important for the continuity of the patrilineage, daughters were viewed rather differently within this framework.
II. At the same time, marrying them into families outside the kin was considered desirable.
III. The system of exogamy gave rise to the belief that kanyadana or the gift of a daughter in marriage was an important religious duty of the father.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
Discuss any seven features of Exogamy.
