In Buchanan's plan for a village in the lower Rajmahal hills, which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Plantations of Asan and Palas - to occupy the place of woods
Option (1) Plantations of Asan and Palas - to occupy the place of woods — Correct. Buchanan wanted Asan and Palas plantations to occupy the place of woods, to feed Tassar silk worms and lac. Woods were to give way to commercial use.
Option (2) Palmyra and mahua - to be grown on the best rice land — Incorrect. Palmyra and mahua were for land unfit for cultivation, the poorest part of the cleared area.
Option (3) Narrow valleys of the village - winding fields of cotton — Incorrect. The narrow valleys he admired were valleys of rice winding in all directions.
Option (4) Remaining woods - to be kept as reserved forest — Incorrect. He wanted the rest of the woods cleared, and the greater part cultivated, which runs against keeping them as forest.
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