Match List I with List II:
| List I | List II | ||
| (A) | Endogamy | (I) | The practice of a man having several wives. |
| (B) | Exogamy | (II) | It refers to marriage outside the unit. |
| (C) | Polygyny | (III) | The practice of a woman having several husbands. |
| (D) | Polyandry | (IV) | It refers to marriage within a unit. |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)
(A) Endogamy — this matches (IV) It refers to marriage within a unit. Endogamy refers to marriage within a unit – this could be a kin group, caste, or a group living in the same locality.
(B) Exogamy — this matches (II) It refers to marriage outside the unit. Exogamy is the opposite of endogamy: it refers to marriage outside the unit.
(C) Polygyny — this matches (I) The practice of a man having several wives. Polygyny is the practice of a man having several wives.
(D) Polyandry — this matches (III) The practice of a woman having several husbands. Polyandry is the practice of a woman having several husbands, the reverse of polygyny.
Note: A same/similar question was asked in CUET (UG) in the papers below.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
| 23-05 S2* | 28-05 S1* | – | 05-06 S3* 09-06 S3 | – |
* A similar question.
NCERT (2026-27): “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.… Types of marriages … Endogamy refers to marriage within a unit – this could be a kin group, caste, or a group living in the same locality. Exogamy refers to marriage outside the unit. Polygyny is the practice of a man having several wives. Polyandry is the practice of a woman having several husbands.” |