In the given question, a statement of Assertion is followed by a statement of Reason. Mark the correct answer.

Assertion: In pre-British times, the taluqdars were oppressors but many of them also appeared to be generous father figures

Reason: They exacted a variety of dues from the peasant but were often considerate in times of need.

Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.

The dispossession of taluqdars mean the ties of loyalty and patronage that had bound the peasant to the taluqdar were disrupted. In pre-British times, the taluqdars were oppressors but many of them also appeared to be generous father figures: they exacted a variety of dues from the peasant but were often considerate in times of need.