alleryThe Munda-Manki system was a way in which Chota Nagpur tribes did what?
AGoverned themselves
BCollected Company rent
CTrained local soldiers
DTraded forest goods
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Governed themselves
1. Chota Nagpur was traditionally inhabited and governed by tribes.
2. They did so through the Munda-Manki system, with Mankis as local chiefs.
3. Outsiders and new land laws undermined it, causing exploitation of the Kols.
_Source: Wikipedia, Kol uprising, Background_
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