172. Question Paper for Joint and Nuclear Family

Question paper for the examination of Paper I (Joint and Nuclear Family), Family Management Course

Answer any five. Each question carries ten marks.

1. Write short notes on the following with respect to an Indian urban joint family:

i) Division of labour

ii) Cost sharing

iii) Space allocation

iv) Jealousies 

v) Domestic help

2. i) Give five reasons why you might need other family members around you. Explain.

ii) Give ten reasons why you do not need other family members around you.

3. You are living in a joint family and you are planning to marry a person from a different religion. You do not want to be cut off from your family after marriage. Describe with justification the steps you would need to take to maximize your chance of success in bringing the family and the spouse under the same roof.

4. Describe the benefits of a joint family. How is it possible to access the same benefits and advantages while living separately in a nuclear family?

5. Explain why people do not prefer joint families anymore even though they offer financial fallback options, supply of manpower in health and sickness, a solution to loneliness and opportunities of clandestine and incestuous sexual affairs.

6. You live in a nuclear family and have neither the time nor the patience for your other family members. Describe the mimimum effort you will need to put in to ensure you will not die alone and rot in a carcass dump.