Match List - I with List - II.
| List I (Institution) | List II (Meaning) |
| (a) Exogamy | (i) It means tracing descent from father to son, grandson and so on |
| (b) Endogamy | (ii) It refers to marriage outside the family unit |
| (c) Mendicant | (iii) It refers to marriage within the unit such as a caste or a group living in the same locality |
| (d) Patriliny | (iv) Living members of religious groups asking people for money and food |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (a) - (ii), (b) - (iii), (c) - (iv), (d) - (i)
(a) Exogamy — this matches (ii) It refers to marriage outside the family unit. Exogamy literally means marrying outside; girls of families claiming high status were married into families outside the kin.
(b) Endogamy — this matches (iii) It refers to marriage within the unit such as a caste or a group living in the same locality. Endogamy is marriage within a unit, which could be a kin group, a caste or a group living in the same locality.
(c) Mendicant — this matches (iv) Living members of religious groups asking people for money and food. A mendicant lives by seeking alms, as the Gandhara sculpture of a mendicant shows.
(d) Patriliny — this matches (i) It means tracing descent from father to son, grandson and so on. When descent is traced through the mother instead, the term is matriliny.
NCERT (2026-27): “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. …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.”
Fig. 3.6 Depiction of a mendicant seeking alms, stone sculpture (Gandhara) c. third century, CE |
