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The idea of criminals by birth in the 1871 Criminal Tribes Act shows which weakness of colonial thinking?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: Linking nomadic life with crime without real proof

The direct answer is A: the Act linked nomadic life with crime without real proof. The 1871 Criminal Tribes Act reflected a deeply prejudiced colonial belief that some communities were criminal by birth. This treated identity and occupation as evidence of guilt, rather than judging a person by an actual act and reliable evidence. Nomadic and pastoral groups were especially suspected because officials found mobile populations difficult to census, monitor and control. Option A is correct because it identifies both the unsupported connection and the prejudice behind it. Option B is the opposite of what happened: the law imposed suspicion and restrictions, not full respect. Option C is unrelated; the Act did not make livestock tax-free. Option D is also unrelated and does not describe the weakness of the criminal-by-birth idea. The weakness was stereotyping an entire community and denying individual justice. Memory cue: birth is not proof of crime; the Act shows colonial prejudice against mobile communities.

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Criminal Tribes ActColonial PrejudiceCriminal By Birth

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