Class 6 Social Science — Chapter 9: The Big Questions

What you'll learn

• ▸Types of Families: Joint and Nuclear
• ▸Roles and Responsibilities in a Family
• ▸The Family as a School for Values
• ▸Family Relationships and Indian Terminology
• ▸Understanding Community
• ▸Community Cooperation and Service

Chapter Summary

--- PAGE 1 --- Family and Community Love and dharma are the flower and fruit of family life. — Tiruvalluvar CHAPTER 9 The Big Questions 1. Why is the family unit important? 2. What is a community and what is its role? Family Almost all of us live in a family. The family is the fundamental and most ancient unit of any society. In Indian society today, there are several types of families — from joint families to nuclear families. A joint family has several generations living together — grandparents, parents, uncles and aunts, not to be republished Examples of joint families Reprint 2025-26 --- PAGE 2 --- Examples of nuclear families brothers, sisters and cousins. A nuclear family, on the other hand, is limited to a couple and their children, and sometimes one parent and children. LET'S EXPLORE → What types of families do you see in your neighbourhood? List the type with the number of households for each type. → What types are more …

Practice Questions from this Chapter

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1. Explain the meaning of dharma simply. Get Solution →
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4. According to the chapter, what is a nuclear family? Get Solution →
5. What does the text state is the fundamental and most ancient unit of any society? Get Solution →
6. In the context of Indian values mentioned in the chapter, what does 'dāna' mean? Get Solution →
7. In which Indian state is the story of Shalini and her family set? Get Solution →
8. What is the name of the festival Shalini's family was preparing for? Get Solution →

Did you know?

• 💡 Many languages around the world lack a single word for the English term 'cousin'.
• 💡 Ancient texts describe a universal human family called 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam'.
• 💡 Meerkats live in large family groups where every member helps raise the young.
• 💡 Bees live in complex societies with different roles for each bee, like a community.
• 💡 Some cultures consider everyone in a village to be part of one big family.

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