Land Revenue Records maintained in India have categorized land-use into
- A.6 categories
- B.9 categories
- C.15 categories
- D.21 categories
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The correct answer is B, 9 categories. The land-use classification kept in India's land revenue records divides the reporting area into nine categories. They are: forests; land put to non-agricultural uses; barren and unculturable wasteland; area under permanent pastures and grazing land; area under miscellaneous tree crops and groves; culturable wasteland (left uncultivated for more than five years); current fallow (left uncultivated for a year or less); fallow other than current fallow (one to five years); and net sown area. The area sown more than once in a year, added to the net sown area, gives the gross cropped area. This classification is taught in NCERT's India: People and Economy and is a favourite of paper setters. Option A is wrong because six is too few to cover the fallow and wasteland classes. Option C is wrong because fifteen is not the scheme used in revenue records. Option D is wrong because twenty-one has no basis in the land-use records. Exam tip: nine-fold classification; net sown area plus area sown more than once equals gross cropped area.
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- B.2 only
- C.Both 1 and 2
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- A.1 and 2 only
- B.2 and 3 only
- C.1 only
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