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Question
Select the option that shows the correct relationship between Statements (I) and (II).
(I) The indigo cultivators of Champaran, Bihar, were greatly exploited by European planters.
(II) They were bound by law to grow indigo on half of their land and sell it to the British.
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.
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Solution
(I) is true, but (II) is false.
Explanation:
The indigo cultivators of Champaran were indeed greatly exploited by European planters (this is historically accurate). However, the usual coercive practice was the tinkathia system, which forced peasants to grow indigo on 3/20th of their land (not half) and to sell indigo at prices fixed by the planters. Because the Reason’s specific claim (“half of their land”) is incorrect, (II) is false even though it refers to a real form of coercion.
