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Family and society - class-VII

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We need to _________ each others feelings.

  1. Misunderstand

  2. Understand

  3. Misinterpret

  4. Misconceive


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In a family, it is very important that members should understand each other feelings and respect those feelings. The family should be formed by trust, love and mutual understanding.

The word family tree indicates that many generations spread out and grow just like the many branches of the tree.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Family tree is a diagram or representation showing the relationship between people in many generations of a family. It helps us relating ourselves from any person from our family. It is a historical data.

"A man is born free and everywhere he chains" Whose words are these ?

  1. Rousseau

  2. Austin

  3. Plato

  4. Hegel


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Jean Jacques Rousseau wrote the quote "A man is born free but everywhere he is in chains". Rousseau was a influential philosopher, writer and composer of eighteen century Europe. In his quote Rousseau tries to state that all humans are born with equal rights but some are deprived of these rights and enslaved by the chains of compulsion force. The chains of slavery, poverty, class, sect are the indicators that man is enslaved at some level.

Joint family came into being in ______.

  1. Industrial society

  2. Agricultural society

  3. Modern society

  4. Feudal society


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
In Feudalism Lands were exchanged with services. Lands were granted to peasants as long as they provide services. Peasants used to work hard on small plots granted to them by the land Lords and they remained in possession of land as long as they provided services. It led to the gathering of Families of a holder to live and serve together. They were known as serfs (slaves) and were allowed very little mobility. 
While a small family and nuclear family came into being in Modern society which is basically marked by Industrialisation.

Which came first into existence ?

  1. A society

  2. A tribe

  3. A state

  4. A family


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Usually, family consists of a group of parents and their children living together as a single unit. A tribe is a social division of society consisting families with links such as social, economic, religious, etc. A society is a group of individuals living together who share similar geographic or social territory. A state is a civil government of a nation with a community of people exercising power over specified territory. Option D - a family is the correct answer, as the smallest and first unit which came into existence. 

Which helps the most in the development of a child?

  1. Home

  2. Family

  3. Hospital

  4. Society


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Family plays an important role in the mental, physical and emotional development of a child. The family provides a secure and supportive place for a child that is essential for his/her good upbringing.

In which part of Karnataka, matriarchal families are found? 

  1. Uttara Kannada

  2. Mysore region

  3. Hyderabad Karnataka region

  4. Dakshina Kannada


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Apart from patriarchal families , in matriarchal families women are the head of the family. In this system, family relations can be traced through females. In south Karnataka Bunt communities follow this practice. They are found basically in coastal districts of Karnataka.

In which state of our country, matriarchal families are found ?

  1. Tamil Nadu

  2. Kerala

  3. Andhra Pradesh

  4. Maharashtra


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Matriarchy is a social organization where the mother is the head of the family. In Kerala, women enjoy a higher status as compared to other Indian states. This is reflected by Kerala's sex ratio and literacy rates. Marumakkathayam was a matrilineal inheritance system prevalent in Kerala, where property inheritance was traced through females. Officially, the state has banned matrilineal family structure by the Kerala Joint Hindu Family System (Abolition) Act, 1975. Kerala state legislature passed this act. Hence, option B Kerala is the correct answer.   

Joint family consists of ______________.    

  1. Parents and children

  2. Grandparents

  3. Close relatives

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A joint family is a type of family that includes two or more generations related to either the paternal or maternal line who maintain a common residence and lives together. It is a type of extended family composed of two or more than two parents and their children living together.

Nuclear family consists of __________.   

  1. Parents

  2. Children

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A family is really an important word. A family is a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children. A family can be of two types, either nuclear family or joint family. A nuclear family is a group of the family consisting of two parents and their children.

A group comprising parents and children sharing everything under the same roof is called family.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A

Which information is correct for the development of the society?

  1. Society $\to$ family $\to$ individual $\to$ community

  2. Individual $\to$ family $\to$ community $\to$ society

  3. Family $\to$ society $\to$ individual $\to$ community

  4. Community $\to$ family $\to$ individual $\to$ community


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

An individual is a fundamental unit of a society. Individual form a family, family form a community and from community society are formed. Thus individual-family-community-society is the correct form for the development of the society.

Society and community are interdependent and interlinked.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Society is built upon social interaction among various people while the community is the collection of people with similar interest and ideology residing in a place. Society and community are interdependent for fulfilling their mutual need and benefits. The cohesion between two is to ensure the survival of each other harmoniously.

Match the following:

1. The number of members a. to lead a peaceful life
2. We need to raise our voice b. each other
3. Society helps c. differ from family to family
4. We depend on d. for the rights of people
  1. 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d

  2. 1-b, 2-a, 3-c, 4-d

  3. 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b

  4. 1-d, 2-c, 3-b, 4-a


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  1. The number of members - differ from family to family.
    2. We need to raise our voice - for the rights of people.
    3. Society helps - to lead a peaceful life.
    4. We depend on - each other.

Living in one house and sharing meals cooked under the same roof is called __________.

  1. Family

  2. Origin

  3. Extraction

  4. Ancestry


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A family is a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children. A family can be either nuclear or joint. Living in one house and sharing meals cooked under the same room is also termed as a family. A family is a group of people related to each other either by birth, marriage, or co-residence.

Our relatives, neighbours, classmates and playmates co-exist in a ________.

  1. Society

  2. Community

  3. Nation

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A community is a group of people living in the same place or a group of people having a particular characteristic in common. Our relatives, classmates, neighbours, and playmates co-exist in a community.

Community helps to give security, ____________. 

  1. Rights

  2. Duties

  3. Properties

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Benefits of a community are as follows:

1. Social security
2. Helps in getting our rights
3. Helps in performing our duties
4. Properties
5. Provides an opportunity to apply academic learning to real life
6. A sense of social responsibility

The people depend on each other.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

People depend on each other for survival, fulfilling needs and other interest. No man can fulfil his requirements alone. Everyone needs the assistance of others for this purpose and that is how civilisation develops and social relations came into being. We are dependent for services and other needs.

A single family consists of __________________.

  1. Husband and wife only

  2. Husband, wife and their younger children

  3. Husband, wife and their children married and unmarried

  4. Husband, wife, children and other relatives


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A single family is also known as a nuclear family. It consists of husband, wife and their younger children.

The main difference between patriarchal and matriarchal families is that _________.

  1. In patriarchal family, property is divided among the daughters and in matriarchal family, property is divided among the sons

  2. In patriarchal family, the eldest daughter succeeds her father and in matriarchal family, the eldest son succeeds the mother

  3. In patriarchal family, the father in the head of the family and in matriarchal family, the mother in the head of the family

  4. In patriarchal family, the mother in the head of the family and in matriarchal family, the father in the head of the family


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Patriarchy is a social organization where father is the authority figure in the family. This is a social system where power is held by men and cultural norms, customs favor men. Matriarchy is a social organization where mother is the head of the family. The descent and relationship are recognized through the female line.

Who are the members living in our family?

  1. Mother

  2. Father

  3. Brothers and sisters

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A family is a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children. Members living in a family are father, mother, brother, and sisters.

When many communities live together, it is called _________.

  1. Community

  2. Society

  3. Nation

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A society is a group of individuals sharing the same geographical or social territory involved in any social interaction. When many communities live together, they form a society. It is also termed as large number of people sharing a geographical territory lives together, talk together, makes rules together and work together.

People __________ on each other.

  1. Depend

  2. Distrust

  3. Mistrust

  4. Suspect


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

People depend on each other for various things in a family, community or in society. For example, children depend on parents for education, food, and shelter. Employees depend on an employer for salary. Common man depends upon banker for cash. People depend on the government for basic utilities.

Child development happens physically, emotionally, socially and intellectually.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Child development happens physically, emotionally, socially and intellectually.

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