A structure that has members who are related by ancestry, marriage or adoption?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Kinship
Option (2) Kinship — Correct. Kinship is the structure of relationships that ties people together as kin: through descent from common ancestors, through marriage, and through adoption, which makes a child a member of the family as if born into it. It reaches well beyond one home and tells people who their relatives are; in India, even recruitment to factory jobs was long organised along caste and kinship lines.
Note: The meaning of ‘kinship’ is not in NCERT (2025-26), which uses the word only in passing; explained here for the benefit of the students.