The concept in List - I with explanation in List - II.
| LIST-I (Concept) | LIST-II (Explanation) | ||
| (A) | Matrilineal | (I) | newly married couple stays with wife’s family |
| (B) | Neolocal | (II) | newly married couple stays with husband’s family |
| (C) | Patrilocal | (III) | newly married couple sets up a new home |
| (D) | Matrilocal | (IV) | Women inherit property from their mother |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)
(A) Matrilineal — this matches (IV) Women inherit property from their mother. Matrilineal societies pass on property from mother to daughter.
(B) Neolocal — this matches (III) newly married couple sets up a new home. ‘Neo’ means new: the couple lives neither with the wife’s parents nor with the husband’s, but in a home of its own.
(C) Patrilocal — this matches (II) newly married couple stays with husband’s family. In patrilocal societies the couple lives with the man’s parents.
(D) Matrilocal — this matches (I) newly married couple stays with wife’s family. In matrilocal societies the newly married couple stays with the woman’s parents.
Note: ‘Neolocal’ is not in the NCERT book (2025-26), which gives only matrilocal and patrilocal residence; it is the standard term for a couple setting up a separate home.
NCERT (2025-26): “3.3 Family and Kinship … Studies have shown how diverse family forms are found in different societies. With regard to the rule of residence, some societies are matrilocal in their marriage and family customs while others are patrilocal. In the first case, the newly married couple stays with the woman’s parents, whereas in the second case the couple lives with the man’s parents. With regard to the rules of inheritance, matrilineal societies pass on property from mother to daughter while patrilineal societies do so from father to son.…” |