1. Presenter :
Purushottam Dahal

2. Topic included in Unit -3
 Meaning , definition and basic features of Family
 Types of family
 Characteristic of family
 Function of family
 kinship
 Basic features of kinship
 Types of kinship
 Economy
 Forms of ownership of property
 Types of economic system
 Basic features of economy
 polity
 Basic features of polity
 Types of government
 education
 Social function of education
 Basic features of education
 Religion
 Basic features of religion
 Basics components of Religion

3. QUESTIONS INCLUDED
1.Write the features ,characteristics of family?
2.Write the type of kinship?
3.Write the features of education?
4.Write the type real kinship?
5.Elaborate upon the basic features of family with suitable
example?
6.Write short notes on ANY TWO
 Family, Marriage and Kinship
7.Point out any three features of religion.
8.Define education. Explain its features with suitable
examples.
9. What do you mean by a family? Critically differentiate
between Nuclear and Joint family.

4. 10.What are the subtypes of polygamy marriage?
11.Write about types of Family?
12.What is kinship?
13.Write basic features of kinship?
14.What are the two functions of religion?
15.Mention the two sources of power?
16. How do you define family as a centre point of society?
Explain the various forms of marriage.
18.How do you explain marriage as a social institution?
Describe the types and rules of marriage.

5. 1.Write the features ,characteristics of family?
With example.
 The family, in general, is a small group consisting
ordinarily of father, mother, one or more children and
sometimes near or distant relatives.
 According to MacIver and Page, “ A family is a group
defined by sex relationship sufficiently precise and
enduring to provide for procreation and upbringing of
children.”

6. Characteristic of family
characteristic
universality
Emotional
attachment
Limited size
Common
residence

7. 2.Write the type of kinship?
real kinship
 Consanguinal kinship – based on blood relation
 Affinal kinship – based on marital relation
Pseudo or not real kinship
 Fictive kinship – adoption
 Ritual kinship – kinship based on rituals or ceremony
like ‘Guru’, ‘Mita’ etc in our culture

8. 3.Write the features of education?
 Specialized social activity
 An agent of social change
 Complete process of socialization
 Maintains and transfers culture and knowledge
 Means of social control
 Contextual role

9. 4.Write the type real kinship?
 Consanguinal kinship – based on blood relation
 Affinal kinship – based on marital relation

10. 6.Write short notes on ANY TWO
Family, Marriage and Kinship
 The family is the most important primary group in
society. It is the most important social groupings of all.
The family, in general, is a small group consisting
ordinarily of father, mother, one or more children and
sometimes near or distant relatives.
 Kinship is a relationship between any entities that
share a genealogical origin, through either biological,
cultural, or historical descent. And descent groups,
lineages, etc. are treated in their own subsections

11. 7.Point out any features of religion.
Religion is cultural universal – general
practices found in every cultural
Religion is means of social control.
Religion is a factor of generating conflict
between different religious groups and
societies.
Religion is a means of providing social
support.

12. 8.Define education. Explain its
features with suitable examples.
 The term education is derived from the Latin ‘educare’
which literally means to ‘ bring up’. The idea of
education is not merely to impart knowledge to the
students in some areas of study but to develop in him
those habits and attitudes with which he may
successfully face the future.

13. features
 Specialized social activity
 An agent of social change
 Complete process of socialization
 Maintains and transfers culture and knowledge
 Means of social control
 Contextual role

14. 9.What do you mean by a family? Critically
differentiate between Nuclear and Joint
family.
 The family is the most important primary group in
society. It is the most important social groupings of all.
The family, in general, is a small group consisting
ordinarily of father, mother, one or more children and
sometimes near or distant relatives.

15. differentiate between Nuclear and Joint family.
Nuclear family
Least number
of member
More
responsibility
Full care of
member
Kinship relation
is discarded
Joint family
More number of
member
Less responsibility
Less care of
member
Kinship relation is
supported

16. 10.What are the subtypes of polygamy marriage?
Polygyny (one man marry more than
one woman)
Polyandry (one woman marry several
man)
Group marriage (several man and
several are in a relationship with one
another)

17. Write about types of family?
Types of family
On a basis of
size
• Nuclear
• Joint
On a basis of
marriage
• polygamy
• Polylandrous
• monoganous
On a basis
of residence
• matrilocal
• patrilocal and
• changing
residence

18. what is kinship?
 Kinship is a relation between any entitites that share a
geonoligical entities either biological ,cultural ,or
historical dsecents .
 According to John J. Macionis, “ kinship is a social
bond based on blood, marriage and adoption.”

19. Write basic features of kinship?
Basic features of kinship
 Kinship is social recognition of biological tie
 It is a unit of social structure
 Universal – we can find it everywhere
 It is a closed bond

20. THANK YOU
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