Why is giving voting rights to trees an irrelevant option while identifying causes of deforestation?

Correct answer: Because it is not a colonial economic or administrative cause

The direct answer is option A: giving voting rights to trees is not a colonial economic or administrative cause of deforestation. Deforestation means large-scale cutting or clearing of forests. In colonial India, forests were cleared because the government wanted land revenue, railway sleepers, shipbuilding timber, and commercial plantations. Trees cannot vote, and voting rights do not explain any policy, demand, or activity that removed forests. Option A is correct because it identifies the idea as unrelated to the historical causes. Option B is wrong: railway sleepers were made from demanded timber; tree voting did not cause them. Option C is wrong: plantations were created for commercial purposes, not because trees received rights. Option D is wrong: increased land revenue could encourage clearing, so it is a real economic motive. Memory cue: causes must connect to revenue, railways, plantations, or timber.