alleryThe case of the wolf-children of Midnapore is cited to show the need for:
Asocialisation
Bformal schooling
Cgenetic fitness
Da nuclear family
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. socialisation
1. Two girls were reportedly found in a wolf den in Bengal in 1920.
2. They walked on all fours, ate raw meat, howled like wolves and had no speech, because they had not been socialised among humans.
3. So the case shows that without socialisation an individual would not behave like a human being.
_Source: NCERT Class XI Sociology, Introducing Sociology, Ch 4 Culture and Socialisation, "SOCIALISATION", p. 73_
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