Correct answer: (a) This would prevent the transfer of land of tribal people to non-tribal people.
Explanation
- A
This would prevent the transfer of land of tribal people to non-tribal people.
It would prevent transfer of tribal land to non-tribals. Fifth Schedule + State laws / PESA-type restrictions — the best consequence among these.
- B
This would create a local self-governing body in that area.
A local self-governing body. That is Sixth Schedule Autonomous Councils, or Panchayats, not the Fifth Schedule as such.
- C
This would convert that area into a Union Territory.
Convert the area into a Union Territory. False.
- D
The State having such areas would be declared a special Category State.
Declare a Special Category State. A Planning-era label, not Fifth Schedule.
Summary. Official key is (a). Scheduled Areas under the Fifth Schedule are the constitutional hook for protecting tribal land against alienation to non-tribals. They do not by themselves create Sixth Schedule councils, a UT, or Special Category status.
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