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71.

A system of marriage in which one woman marries more than one husband is known as

A.	polygamy	B.	polyandry
C.	exogamy

72.

In fraternal polyandry woman is treated wife

A.	of the eldest brother only.	B.	off all the brothers but son is that of the eldest brother.
C.	of all the brothers and son is supposed to be of all.

73.

In a non-fraternal polyandry woman is

A.	allowed to have only one husband.	B.	allowed to have more than one husband but all can live together.
C.	permitted to have more than one husband who may or may not live at one place.

74.

In a non-fraternal polyandry wife

A.	stays at one place and husbands visit her.	B.	wife and husbands stay one place only.
C.	husbands stay at different places and wife visits them.

75.

Which is not true of non-fraternal polygamy?

A.	In it biological basis of fatherhood are not important.	B.	Parents of new born baby are elected.
C.	New born baby is supposed to be the son of the eldest brother.

76.

Which one of the following is not true of origin of polyandry?

A.	The women were less in number.	B.	The men could not afford maintaining one wife.
C.	Men could successfully control their sexual urge.

77.

Which one of the following is true of origin of polyandry?

A.	People wanted to have limited size family.	B.	There was desire to have joint family system.
C.	There was shortage of resources.

78.

The type of marriage in which a husband can have more than one wife is known as

A.	polygynay	B.	monogamy
C.	endogamy

79.

In which of the following societies polygamy is not common?

A.	The Hebrews	B.	The Eskimos
C.	The Hindus

80.

Polygamy was quite common among

A.	the middle class families	B.	the elites of the society
C.	the weaker sections of society