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How could colonial census make identity politics more rigid?

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Correct answer: By turning flexible social identities into administrative categories

The direct answer is A: colonial census categories could turn flexible social identities into fixed administrative labels. A census counts and classifies people for governance. Step by step: people may have several overlapping identities that change with place, occupation or situation; officials ask them to fit one category; that category is recorded in documents and used for administration, representation or taxation; repeated official use can make the category appear permanent and increase competition between groups. Option A is correct because it explains how classification can harden identity politics. Option B is wrong because a census does not end all identities. Option C is wrong because colonial classification was not the same as giving full freedom. Option D is wrong because removing taxes is unrelated to the main identity effect. The process was not automatic everywhere, and local people could interpret or resist categories, but the general mechanism is historically important. Exam cue: census is both information and an instrument of administrative power.

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