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The correct answer is Option 3 -3

(1) it had a group of powerful individuals to decide about the village affairs.
(2) it was based on caste and gender distinctions.
(3) it was made up of fraternal partners sharing resources and labour in a collective.
(4)  it had individual ownership of assets.

Some British officials in the nineteenth century saw the village as a “little republic” made up of fraternal partners sharing resources and labor in a collective. However, this was not a sign of rural egalitarianism. There was individual ownership of assets and deep inequities based on caste and gender distinctions. A group of powerful individuals decided the affairs of the village, exploited the weaker sections and had the authority to dispense justice.