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Social Science (087) — AI-generated practice question

AI-generated practice question — model-generated for extra practice, not a previous-year CBSE board question.

Q1. [1] deep exam-ready
Assertion (A): European colonisers successfully used the loss of cattle due to Rinderpest to force Africans into paid labour on their plantations and mines. Reason (R): Control over the scarce resource of cattle gave European colonisers economic leverage over Africans who depended on livestock for their livelihoods.
  1. A Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
  2. B Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
  3. C (A) is true, but (R) is false.
  4. D (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Generated by claude-sonnet-4-6 · 2026-06-26 14:57 · grounding rag
Model Answer

Option A is correct. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). After Rinderpest destroyed cattle, colonisers monopolised scarce cattle resources, using this economic leverage to force Africans into wage labour on plantations and mines.

Explanation

The textbook explicitly states that planters and mine owners "successfully monopolised what scarce cattle resources remained… to force Africans into the labour market," and that "control over the scarce resource of cattle enabled European colonisers to conquer and subdue Africa." R directly explains the mechanism behind A, so Option A is correct.

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