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Which of the following is not true about the intervention of the colonial state and its impact on the institution of caste? (a) land revenue settlements and related arrangements and laws gave legal recognition to the customary (caste-based) rights of the upper castes. (b) Large scale irrigation schemes like the ones in the Punjab were accompanied by efforts to settle populations there, and these also had a caste dimension. (c) Colonial state did not work for the welfare of the downtrodden. (d) Direct attempt to count caste and to officially record caste status changed the institution itself.

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(c) Colonial state did not work for the welfare of the downtrodden.



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