Match List-I with List-II:
| List-I Meanings | List-II Terms | ||
| (A) | Term used by the Sanskrit texts to designate families | (I) | Kula |
| (B) | Tracing descent from father to son | (II) | Polygyny |
| (C) | The practice of a man having several wives | (III) | Patriliny |
| (D) | The gift of a daughter in marriage | (IV) | Kanyadana |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)
(A) Term used by the Sanskrit texts to designate families — this matches (I) Kula. Sanskrit texts use kula for families and jnati for the larger network of kinfolk.
(B) Tracing descent from father to son — this matches (III) Patriliny. Patriliny means tracing descent from father to son, grandson and so on.
(C) The practice of a man having several wives — this matches (II) Polygyny. Its opposite, a woman having several husbands, is polyandry.
(D) The gift of a daughter in marriage — this matches (IV) Kanyadana. It came to be seen as an important religious duty of the father.
NCERT (2026-27): “2.1 Finding out about families … Sanskrit texts use the term kula to designate families and jnati for the larger network of kinfolk. The term vamsha is used for lineage. 2.2 The ideal of patriliny … Patriliny means tracing descent from father to son, grandson and so on. Matriliny is the term used when descent is traced through the mother. 2.3 Rules of marriage … While sons were important for the continuity of the patrilineage, daughters were viewed rather differently within this framework. They had no claims to the resources of the household. At the same time, marrying them into families outside the kin was considered desirable. This system, called exogamy (literally, marrying outside), meant that the lives of young girls and women belonging to families that claimed high status were often carefully regulated to ensure that they were married at the ‘right’ time and to the ‘right’ person. This gave rise to the belief that kanyadana or the gift of a daughter in marriage was an important religious duty of the father.…”
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