Select the option that shows the correct relationship between Statements (I) and (II). (I) The British government took a large part of the farmers' produce in the form of land revenue and other taxes. (II) The farmers were led into the clutches of landlords and moneylenders.

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(II) is the reason for (I). Explanation: Indebted peasants, trapped by landlords and moneylenders, became powerless to resist, and so the British could extract large land revenue and taxes.

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