question_answer 3)

 What problems did shifting cultivators face under British rule?  

Answer:

 The British wanted the shifting cultivators to settle down and became peasant cultivators. But settled plough cultivation is not easy in areas where water is scarce and the soil is dry. In fact, shifting cultivators who took to plough cultivation often suffered. Their fields did not produce good yields. Still they had to pay revenue fixed, by the British. In northeast India the shifting cultivators insisted on continuing with their traditional practice. They began to protest the new method.