In the given question, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Choose the correct answer.
Assertion (A): By 1832 a large area of land in the foothills of Rajmahal was demarcated as Damin-i-Koh and declared to be the land of the Santhals.
Reason (R): The British wanted the Santhals to live within it, practise plough agriculture and become settled peasants.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.
Assertion (A): By 1832 a large area of land in the foothills of Rajmahal was demarcated as Damin-i-Koh and declared to be the land of the Santhals. — True. The Santhals were persuaded to settle in the foothills of Rajmahal. By 1832 a large area was marked out as Damin-i-Koh and declared the land of the Santhals.
Reason (R): The British wanted the Santhals to live within it, practise plough agriculture and become settled peasants. — True. The British wanted the Santhals to live within this land, practise plough agriculture and become settled peasants.
Why R explains A? Why R explains A? The British wanted settled plough farmers, because settled agriculture brought them land revenue and an ordered society. So they marked out a fixed area, the Damin-i-Koh, for the Santhals to live in and cultivate. The aim in R is the cause of the demarcation in A.
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