What limit of social alliances is shown by attacks on traders in the Bastar rebellion?

Correct answer: Not all local groups were always on the same side

Direct answer: Option A, not all local groups were always on the same side. A rebellion may unite many people against a common policy, but society is rarely completely uniform. In Bastar, traders could be viewed by some communities as connected with exploitation, debt, unfair exchange or the colonial order, so they became targets of attack. Reasoning step by step: identify the group being attacked; ask why it was attacked; infer that relations and interests within society were unequal; therefore the alliance had limits. Option A is correct because it recognises different interests among local groups. Option B is wrong because traders were not all leaders of the rebellion. Option C is wrong because traders did have economic relations with Bastar and its people. Option D is wrong because traders were not simply forest guards. The important lesson is that a popular movement can contain cooperation, tension and conflict at the same time. Memory cue: common rebellion does not mean identical interests.