Question

Consider the following statements and identify the correct response from the options given thereafter:
Statement I: According to the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871, nomadic pastoralists were forced to live only in notified village settlement.
Statement II: Colonial state wanted to transform all grazing lands into cultivated farms.

• A. Statement I is false and Statement II is true
• B. Statement I is true and Statement II is false
• C. Both Statement I and Statement II are true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I
• D. Both Statement I and Statement II are true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I

Answer 1

The correct option is D Both Statement I and Statement II are true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I

Both the statements are true but statement II is not correct explanation for the first.

• In 1871, the colonial government in India passed the Criminal Tribes Act. According to this act, some of the tribes were considered as criminal tribes by birth and were restricted to notified village settlements.
  
• British wanted to increase the production of food-grains and commercial crops to meet the requirement of England. So they introduced waste land rules and converted grazing land to cultivated land.