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Assertion (A): Shifting cultivation also made it harder for the government to calculate taxes.
Reason (R): Therefore, the government decided to ban Shifting Cultivation.
Answer:
Explanation:
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In shifting cultivation, parts of the forest are cut and burnt in rotation.
Seeds are sown
in the ashes after the first
monsoon rains
, and the
crop is harvested by October-November.
European foresters regarded this practice as
harmful to the forests.
The
government decided to ban
shifting cultivation.
As a result, many co mmunities were forcibly displaced from their homes in the forests. Some had to change occupations, while some resisted through large and small rebellions.
Let’s Check
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Assertion (A):
Shifting cultivation also made it harder for the government to calculate taxes. So, t
his is True.
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Reason (R):
Therefore, the government decided to ban Shifting Cultivation. So, t
his is True
- The government decided to ban shifting cultivation as european foresters regarded this practice as harmful to the forest and also made it harder for the government to calculate taxes. So, the reason is the correct explanation to the assertion.
So,
- Assertion is true
- Reasoning is true
- Reasoning is the correct explanation to the assertion
Thus, the correct answer is (a).
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