Q. Consider the following statements regarding agriculture land use in India:
1.Lack of access to land is directly correlated with incidence of poverty in rural areas.
2.Quality of land has a direct bearing on the productivity of agriculture.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: C
Notes:
Explanation: Agriculture is a purely land based activity unlike secondary and tertiary activities.
- In other words, the contribution of land to agricultural output is more compared to its contribution to the outputs in the other sectors.
- Thus, lack of access to land is directly correlated with incidence of poverty in rural areas.
- Quality of land has a direct bearing on the productivity of agriculture, which is not true for other activities.
Source: NCERT
