Question

Select the option that shows the correct relationship between Statements (I) and (II).

(I) The British government took a large part of the farmers' produce in the form of land revenue and other taxes.

(II) The farmers were led into the clutches of landlords and moneylenders.

Options

• (II) contradicts (I).

• (II) is the reason for (I).

• (I) is true, but (II) is false.

• (I) and (II) are independent of each other.

Answer 1

(II) is the reason for (I).

Explanation:

Indebted peasants, trapped by landlords and moneylenders, became powerless to resist, and so the British could extract large land revenue and taxes.