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Why did the Forest Department set up forest villages?
ATo stop all hunting
BTo get cheap labour
CTo grow more rice
DTo settle traders
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. To get cheap labour
1. Tribal people had been stopped from living inside the forests.
2. The department then had nobody to cut and move the logs.
3. Forest villages ensured a regular supply of cheap labour.
4. So the answer is to get cheap labour.
_Source: NCERT Class 8 History Our Pasts III, Ch 4 'Tribals, Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age'_
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