Question

What does the term 'nuclear family' stand for?

• A. a family comprising father, mother and children.
• B. a family where both husband and wife are working.
• C. a family that is wedded to past traditions.
• D. a family accustomed to urban life, its stress and strains.

Answer 1

The correct option is A a family comprising father, mother and children.

Option A: As mentioned in the passage, "focus of human relationships becomes narrower, confined largely to the nuclear family. But even within this small unit, there is an increasing crisis in the relationship of the husband and wife, in the relationship of parents and children, and so on".

The nuclear family is a small family unit, that includes the parents (husband and wife) and children.

Hence option A is correct.

Options B, C and D: These lines are neither mentioned nor implied in the passage.

Hence options B, C and D are wrong.