Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Indian Society: Continuity and Change

Question:

In Khasi society who does not make decision in regard to the property.

A. Mother's Brother
B. Mother's Husband
C. Daughter
D. Mother

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

A, B and C only

A, C and D only

B, C and D only

A, B and D only

Correct Answer:

B, C and D only

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → B, C and D only

A. Only Mother's Brother has control over the property of her sister.

Several scholars have highlighted the inherent contradictions in matrilineal systems like followed by Khasi Society. One such contradiction arises from the separation of the line of descent and inheritance on the one hand and the structure of authority and control on the other. The former, which links the mother to the daughter, comes in conflict with the latter, which links the mother’s brother to the sister’s son. [In other words, a woman inherits property from her mother and passes it on to her daughter, while a man controls his sister’s property and passes on control to his sister’s son. Thus, inheritance passes from mother to daughter whereas control passes from (maternal) uncle to nephew.