Which issue is most important to understand the local meaning of the Non-Cooperation Movement in forest areas?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Restrictions on livelihood caused by forest laws
Forest communities depended on customary access to grazing land, fuel, fodder and forest produce. Colonial forest laws restricted these activities and threatened their livelihoods, so people in forest regions connected the national movement with the demand for forest rights and relief from official controls. Option B is therefore correct. The price of foreign cloth, the number of schools and the boycott of urban courts were important in other settings, but they do not explain the central local grievance of forest communities.
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Restrictions on livelihood caused by forest laws
Why is this the correct answer?
Forest communities depended on customary access to grazing land, fuel, fodder and forest produce. Colonial forest laws restricted these activities and threatened their livelihoods, so people in forest regions connected the national movement with the demand for forest rights and relief from official controls. Option B is therefore correct. The price of foreign cloth, the number of schools and the boycott of urban courts were important in other settings, but they do not explain the central local grievance of forest communities.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 10 Social Science question. Chapter: Chapter 2: Nationalism in India. Topic: The First World War, Khilafat, and Non-Cooperation.
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