Which term refers to marriage to only one person at a time?

• A. Arranged marriage
• B. Monogamy
• C. Serial Monogamy
• D. Civil Partnerships

Answer: (B)

Monogamy is the practice of being married to one person at a time. It describes exclusive partnership in a given relationship, meaning you’re committed to one spouse during that marriage. Some people may marry again after a divorce or death, but in each relationship the commitment is to a single partner at a time—that pattern is often called serial monogamy when it happens across multiple marriages.

Arranged marriage refers to who you marry, often organized by family or community, and isn’t about whether a person has multiple spouses. Civil partnerships are a legal form of recognition for a relationship, not specifically about exclusivity or the number of partners. So the term that fits the description is monogamy.