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Colonial forest policy in Assam turned interventionist because of the demand for:

ARailway sleepers
BWooden ship masts
CTea packing boxes
DHousehold firewood
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Railway sleepers
1. Railways came to Bengal, then including Assam. 2. Sleepers made forests a revenue source. 3. Reserved forests grew from 269 to 3,683 square miles. _Source: NCERT Class 12 Social Change and Development in India, Chapter 1, Structural Change._
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