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

Assertion: A large area of land was demarcated as Damin-i-Koh for Santhals to settle in the foothills of Rajmahal hills.
Reason: The Britishers wanted the Santhals to increase the area under agriculture.

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

The Santhals were given land and persuaded to settle in the foothills of Rajmahal. By 1832 a large area of land was demarcated as Damin-i-Koh. This was declared to be the land of the Santhals. They were to live within it, practise plough agriculture, and become settled peasants. The land grant to the Santhals stipulated that at least one-tenth of the area was to be cleared and cultivated within the first ten years.