Multiple choice

Which amongst the following provided a common factor for tribal insurrection in India in the 19th century?

  1. Introduction of a new system of land revenue and taxation of tribal products

  2. Influence of foreign religious missionaries in tribal areas

  3. Rise of a large number of moneylenders, traders and revenue farmers as middlemen in tribal areas

  4. The complete disruption of the old agrarian order of the tribal communities
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The first option is rejected because it used the term “tribal products”. The second option is rejected because NOT in all areas, the impact of foreign missionaries was seen. The third option is also NOT correct, because not all areas saw the rise of money lenders. The fourth option is correct and it includes everything what happened in that era. The most common thing was the foreign interference in the indigenous world of the tribals which dismantled the structure that existed since centuries.

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