Which tribe is matrilineal?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Khasi
In a matrilineal society the line of descent runs through the mother and women are the inheritors of family property. The Khasis of Meghalaya still are such a society, as the Nairs of Kerala used to be.
NCERT (2025-26): “5.3 Struggle for women’s equality and rights … But the strongest argument comes from the societies that were different from the ‘normal’ or common pattern. If women were biologically unfit to be inheritors and heads of families, how did matrilineal societies (as the Nairs of Kerala used to be, and as the Khasis of Meghalaya still are) work for centuries?…” |