Answer:
(i) The British favoured settled cultivators because the British were uncomfortable with groups who moved about and didn?t have a fixed income. (ii) They wanted tribal groups to settle down and become peasant cultivators as it was difficult to control and administer the people who were always on the move. (iii) The British also wanted a regular revenue source for the state; so they introduced land settlements ? that is, they measured the land and defined the rights of each individual to that land and fixed the revenue demand for the state.
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