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Class 6 History & Civics — Family and community

Tell a joint family from a nuclear one, say what a community is and how many kinds the chapter allows, and read the real examples it gives of communities acting together.

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Before you start

Two households, drawn the same size.

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  1. 1. Joint
  2. 2. Nuclear

Both houses are drawn the same size on purpose: the difference between the two types is who lives inside, not how grand the building is. On the left, three rows of people — grandparents, then parents, uncles and aunts, then the children. On the right, one couple and two children.

  1. 1.What does the chapter say about the responsibilities children take on at home?

    • a) As they grow up they take on more, and through daily practice learn to participate in the household
    • b) They are the same for each child in a family
    • c) They are set by the community rather than the family
    • d) They begin once their schooling is finished, and not before

  2. 2.The chapter names four values it says children learn in the family, calling the family a school for them. Which set is it?

    • a) Tyāga, dharma, satya and ahimsa
    • b) Ahimsa, dharma, karma and moksha
    • c) Ahimsa, dāna, sevā and tyāga
    • d) Dāna, sevā, vidya and shanti

  3. 3.What does the chapter say a community is?

    • a) A group of connected people, families joined with the families and people around them
    • b) The people living in one village and no further
    • c) A group of families related to each other by blood
    • d) A group formed by the government to manage a local area

  4. 4.What does the chapter say the family is, in relation to society as a whole?

    • a) One of several units, alongside the community and the state
    • b) A grouping found in Indian society but not elsewhere
    • c) A unit that has replaced older kinds of grouping
    • d) The fundamental and most ancient unit of any society

  5. 5.Match each word the chapter explains to what it means.

    • joint family
    • nuclear family
    • Cooperation
    • a couple and their children
    • several generations living together
    • working together

  6. 6.The chapter says community is a flexible concept. Which of these does it give as an example of something also called a community?

    • a) A single household
    • b) A State government department
    • c) A jāti, or a subdivision of it
    • d) A Municipal Corporation

  7. 7.Why does the chapter say most Indian languages have no word for cousin?

    • a) Because each language has a different word for it
    • b) Because the relationship is a recent one in Indian families
    • c) Because cousins are counted as brothers and sisters
    • d) Because the English word is used instead

  8. 8.Following the halma tradition of coming together for a common task, what did the Bhil community around Jhabua do about their region's water crisis?

    • a) Asked the State government to build them a reservoir
    • b) Planted thousands of trees and dug trenches to conserve rainwater, without being paid
    • c) Moved their villages closer to a river
    • d) Divided the remaining water between the families by rule

Answer key — Class 6 History & Civics — Family and community

  1. 1. a) As they grow up they take on more, and through daily practice learn to participate in the household
  2. 2. c) Ahimsa, dāna, sevā and tyāga
  3. 3. a) A group of connected people, families joined with the families and people around them
  4. 4. d) The fundamental and most ancient unit of any society
  5. 5. joint family → several generations living together; nuclear family → a couple and their children; Cooperation → working together
  6. 6. c) A jāti, or a subdivision of it
  7. 7. c) Because cousins are counted as brothers and sisters
  8. 8. b) Planted thousands of trees and dug trenches to conserve rainwater, without being paid