LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – TAMIL LITERATURE
SECOND SEMESTER – April 2009
SO 2100 - SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS OF FAMILY,MARRIAGE & KINSHIP
Date & Time: 25/04/2009 / 1:00 - 4:00 Dept. No.
OL 03
Max. : 100 Marks
PART A
Write short notes on the following in about 30 words each.
(10 x 2=20 marks)
1. Institutions.
2. Associations.
3. Joint Family.
4. Neo-local family.
5. Sororal and non- sororal polygyny.
6. Marriage.
7. Mehr or Dower.
8. Primary Kinship.
9. Teknonymy.
10. Single parent family.
PART B
Answer any FIVE questions in about 300 words each
(5 x 8 = 40 marks)
11. Describe the characteristics of Institutions.
12. What is a family? Explain the characteristics of family.
13. What are the various types of family? Explain.
14. Elaborate the aims and rites associated with Hindu marriage.
15. Give the difference between consanguineous and affinal kinship and mention the
structural principles of kinship.
16. Describe the merits and demerits of nuclear family.
17. Write an essay on divorce in Islam.
PART C
Answer any TWO questions in about 1,200 words each.
(2 x 20 = 40 Marks)
18. Highlight the importance of political and religious institutions in India.
19. Explain the primary and secondary functions of family.
20. Explain the various types of marriage.
21. List out the merits and demerits of joint family. Analyse the causes for the changes in
the joint family system in India.
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