Sample questionnaire for arranged marriages: relevant to market research!

This thought came to me when my uncle entrusted me the herculean task of speaking to the girl they have shortlisted for my brother. The girl's parents had come up with the proposal after seeing the ad on Anando Bazaar Patrika. I was suppose to interview her, gather information ( data) and deduce the conclusions ( generate insights for my uncle!). .. market research humm...

I must say I was pretty excited as this was first of such experience , at the same time I was nervous as to what should I ask her.. The proposed girl is 4-5 yrs elder to me which made the situation further difficult..I did not know what to ask to gather inputs.. I was suppose to know the kind of person she is..why is she getting married late ( in our family all girls get married in the range of 22-26 yrs). is she willing to work after marraige...etc.however, after sometime I pulled in enough courage to call her..below is the conversation:

me : Hello..
the other line:( her father takes the call)hello.. who is this?
me: I am Mr. Das's sister who had come to see your daughter last Sunday.. I just called up to speak to your daughter, generally...
Other line: Oh is everything fine? has he not decided anything yet? I thought he told his parents he is ok with this alliance..
me: nono .. everything is ok ..( Oh my God.. her father is interviewing me instead...) You know that day my bro did not get a chance to speak to your daughter.. so I thought let me call her and speak to her.. could I talk to her now?
Other line: O ok.. lemme check if she is awake... ( 9 pm)... here she is, talk to her...
me :( thank God). hello.. m I speaking to Miss M? I m Das's sister who had come to see u last Sunday.. I am addressing you as "Tumi" ( tum) dont mind...just wanted to speak to you ( I finshed at one go!)...
Miss M: ok ..
Me: ( just ok.. not letting any data out???.. my God she talks so less that is my first inference).. achcha.. so you were born and brought up in Delhi?
Miss M: yes in Delhi
Me: Which school ?
Miss M: Kendriya Vidyalaya..
Me: Oh really… I also studied in KV
Miss M: is it? Which branch?
Me: ( thank God she asked me something…)In Tura, Meghalaya ( my inference …she must be strong in Hindi ..)
( Silence for a while )
Me: So what have you done for your higher studies?
Miss M: I am done my honors in Hindi ( I got it ryt..) and took nursery teachers training & now teaching in a nursery school
Me: Great ( inference: oh she is still working then…)! What kind of work you guys have to do?
Miss M: we have to do a lot of work…we make rhymes file.. maintain attendance register, take exams, etc
Me: ( at least she is opening up now..) ok.. achcha are you there on orkut?
Miss M: what .. yeah my parents are quite orthodox…
Me: Forget it.. she has not heard about orkut ( inference: not interested in news or current affairs..).. nono.. ok do you have an email id?
Miss M: No.. I don’t have ..
Me: ( Inference : she is not tech-savvy ! not ever the bare minimum! Bhaiiyaa.. bahut papad belne padenge sikhane mein ( my bro is into IT infrastructure management)…
Ok forget it.. so what are your hobbies? What do you do in free time?
Miss M: I sing.. I have taken vocational training…
Me: Great! Do u like movies? Who is your favorite ?
Miss M: Yes I like. Hindi Movies. I like Khans.
Me: ( inference : typical hindi movie watcher.. )ok.. have you seen Jaane Tu Jaane na?
Miss M: no haven’t heard about it!
Me: Oh !(inference: not updated at all! ) so you hang out with friends?
Miss M: I do have friends , but go out with tem usually.. I go out with my mom!
Me : ( hum.. family oriented ..”gharelu ladki”… mostly will suit my aunt..) ok.. what kind of person do you like to be your life partner…( I am running out of questions maan!)?
Miss M: I don’t know..exactly I cant tell you..
Me: ( let me give her a hint).. well I mean someone very romantic.. or very mature?
Miss M: yes.. definitely .. everyone would like those features ….
Me : ( what next? How can I ask why are you marrying late??.. well I can not this ! nope!) Wel.. so what else.. is there anything you wanna know from my bro? do you have message to pass on?
Miss M: Not exactly.. I am not able to think of anything right now…
Me: Ok.. if you have to ask anything just give me a call.. ok?
Miss M: ok.. will call.. chal bbye..
Me: bbye ( uff!)…
What an exercise.. and as soon as I kept the phone.. her dad called back to know what did I learn from the conversation… well what could I say.. “ no Uncle I just wanted to have a friendly chat with her”.. that’s it….

And the insights ? I called up my Uncle to Give the following insights:
1. She is very quiet and talks very less .
2. Traditional and Homely
3. Family oriented
4. Not tech-savvy
5. Might continue working after marriage
6. My brother will definitely have to do the decision making at home ( indireactly might have an upperhand.. good or bad??)