Question

What was meant by 'bandong diensten' system followed by the Dutch in Java?
(a) A system which allowed people to stay in rent-free village.
(b) A system of taxation imposed on villages for specified advantages.
(c) A system which exempted villagers from rent in exchange of free labour and supply of
buffaloes for transporting timber.
(d) All the alone.​

Answer 1

Answer:

The Dutch imposed rents on land being cultivated in the forest and then exempted some villages from these rents if they worked collectively to provide free labour and buffaloes for cutting and transporting timber. This was known as Blandongdiensten system.