Types and forms of family
Key points
- Nuclear family
- Joint family
- Extended family
- Patriarchal vs. Matriarchal family
Previous year questions
Questions asked from this topic in UPSC Sociology Optional:
- Discuss various theoretical perspectives on the family.
- Explain how the pattern of patriarchy is being altered in a family and at the workplace in the present context.
- What, according to Irawati Karve, are the major differences between North Indian and South Indian Kinship systems?
- How do the rules of descent and alliance in kinship differ from each other? Illustrate.