Assertion (A): The Forest Acts changed the lives of pastoralists.

Reason (R): They were not prevented from entering the forests that had earlier provided valuable forage for their cattle.

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Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(A) is true but (R) is false.

(A) is false but (R) is true.

answer is C.

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The pastoralists' lives were impacted by the forest activity. But it is incorrect to say that they were not forcibly stopped from going into the forest, which was useful for their livestock. It's because the Forest Act forbade pastoralists from accessing the forest and treating them differently. The British government passed this law in part to keep pastoralists out of the forestlands and preserve the resources for commercial use alone.

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