Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Indian Society: Continuity and Change

Question:

The term used when individual are required to marry outside his/her group is known as ____________

Options:

Monogamy

Polygamy

Endogamy

Exogamy

Correct Answer:

Exogamy

Explanation:

he term used when individual are required to many outside his/her group is exogamy.

Exogamy is the practice of marrying someone outside one's own group, such as one's tribe, clan, or religion. It is the opposite of endogamy, which is the practice of marrying someone within one's own group.

The term "monogamy" refers to the practice of marrying only one person at a time. It is the opposite of "polygamy", which is the practice of marrying more than one person at a time.