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Women are usually excluded from land ownership because of the prevailing:

ATribal custom
BPatrilineal kinship
CMatrilineal kinship
DJoint family law
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Patrilineal kinship
1. By law women have an equal share. 2. Patrilineal kinship and inheritance exclude them in practice. 3. They access land only through male-headed households. _Source: syllabus Social Change and Development in India, Chapter 4, Change and Development in Rural Society._
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