Multiple choice

Which one of the following was the common factor for all the tribal uprisings?

  1. The influx of the Christian missionaries into the tribal areas.

  2. Efforts of the colonial administration to end the relative isolation of the tribals and bring them within the ambit of colonialism.

  3. Restrictions placed by the colonial administration on access to forest products for the tribals.

  4. The complete destruction of the old agrarian order of the tribal communities by the colonial administration.
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Explanation

The colonial administration's imposition of a new land revenue system and the disruption of traditional tribal land rights effectively destroyed the old agrarian order, which was the primary cause of most tribal uprisings.

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