Indian Economy Textbook Questions – Land Revenue Systems · Land Reforms · Green and Other Revolutions · Price Policy and Markets · Credit and Insurance · Science and Technology in Agriculture (Part 1)
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Single-crop irrigated land 27 acres; other land 54 acres.
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Indian Economy Textbook Questions – Land Revenue Systems · Land Reforms · Green and Other Revolutions · Price Policy and Markets · Credit and Insurance · Science and Technology in Agriculture (Part 1) – 22 questions, subject: Economy. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.
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1.
According to PLFS 2025, about what share of India’s workers are in agriculture?
Correct Answer: B [43.0%]
Explanation:
43.0% (earlier 46.1% in 2023-24): over four in ten workers, but only about one-sixth (about 17%) of GVA.
2.
Who introduced the Permanent Settlement in Bengal (1793)?
Correct Answer: C [Cornwallis]
Explanation:
Governor-General Cornwallis, 22.3.1793.
3.
Where was the Ryotwari system first introduced?
Correct Answer: D [Baramahal]
Explanation:
Alexander Read, 1792, Baramahal (today's Salem, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri area).
4.
Which amendment added the Ninth Schedule to the Constitution?
Correct Answer: A [First Amendment (1951)]
Explanation:
It protected land reform laws from challenge in the courts.
5.
Where did Vinoba Bhave begin the Bhoodan movement?
Correct Answer: C [Pochampalli]
Explanation:
18.4.1951, Pochampalli (Telangana); first land gift by V. Ramachandra Reddy. Mangroth = first Gramdan (1952).
6.
Who is called the “Father of the Green Revolution in India”?
Correct Answer: D [M.S. Swaminathan]
Explanation:
Kurien = White Revolution; Subramaniam = then Union Agriculture Minister.
7.
Who first used the term “Green Revolution” in 1968?
Correct Answer: B [William Gaud]
Explanation:
USAID Administrator William Gaud, 8.3.1968.
8.
The White Revolution is associated with:
Correct Answer: A [Milk]
Explanation:
Verghese Kurien; Operation Flood 1970.
9.
Which was India’s first fully organic state?
Correct Answer: D [Sikkim]
Explanation:
Sikkim, 2016.
10.
Which body recommends the Minimum Support Price?
Correct Answer: C [Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP)]
Explanation:
CACP recommends; the Union Cabinet approves.
11.
In which year did Uzhavar Sandhai (farmers’ markets) begin in Tamil Nadu?
Correct Answer: B [1999]
Explanation:
14.11.1999; 2016 = e-NAM.
12.
In which year was the Kisan Credit Card introduced?
Correct Answer: D [1998]
Explanation:
August 1998 (Budget 1998-99); RBI, NABARD.
13.
In which country was drip irrigation first introduced?
Correct Answer: A [Israel]
Explanation:
It saves about 70% of water.
14.
Match the class of holding with its size:
| a. Marginal | 1. 2–4 ha |
| b. Small | 2. Below 1 ha |
| c. Semi-medium | 3. Above 10 ha |
| d. Large | 4. 1–2 ha |
Correct Answer: C [2 4 1 3]
Explanation:
Marginal below 1 ha; small 1–2 ha; semi-medium 2–4 ha; large above 10 ha, giving 2 4 1 3.
15.
Which statements on the Agriculture Census 2015-16 are correct?
- Marginal holdings are about 68.5% of all holdings.
- The average size of holding is 1.08 ha.
- The average size of holding has been rising since 1970-71.
Correct Answer: B [1, 2 only]
Explanation:
Marginal holdings 68.5%; average 1.08 ha; the average has fallen steadily from 2.28 ha in 1970-71.
16.
Under the Permanent Settlement, what share of the collected revenue went to the government?
Correct Answer: D [10/11]
Explanation:
10/11 to the government; only 1/11 to the zamindar.
17.
Match the land revenue system with the person associated with it:
| a. Zamindari | 1. Holt Mackenzie |
| b. Ryotwari | 2. William Bentinck |
| c. Mahalwari | 3. Cornwallis |
| d. Revision of Mahalwari (1833) | 4. Thomas Munro |
Correct Answer: B [3 4 1 2]
Explanation:
Zamindari – Cornwallis; Ryotwari – Munro; Mahalwari – Holt Mackenzie (1822); Mahalwari revision – Bentinck (1833).
18.
Match the event with its year:
| a. Permanent Settlement | 1. 1820 |
| b. Ryotwari in Baramahal | 2. 1793 |
| c. Ryotwari across Madras Presidency | 3. 1822 |
| d. Mahalwari | 4. 1792 |
Correct Answer: C [2 4 1 3]
Explanation:
Permanent Settlement 1793; Baramahal Ryotwari 1792; Ryotwari across Madras Presidency 1820; Mahalwari 1822.
19.
Which statements on the Mahalwari system are correct?
- The Mahalwari system was widespread in Bengal.
- Revenue was assessed jointly on the whole village (mahal).
- The village headman (lambardar) collected the revenue.
Correct Answer: D [2, 3 only]
Explanation:
Mahalwari was in North-Western Provinces, Punjab and Central Provinces; Bengal had the Permanent Settlement.
20.
In which year was the Madras Estates (Abolition) Act (Act XXVI) passed?
Correct Answer: A [1948]
Explanation:
1938 = Prakasam Committee report; 1955 = Tenants Protection Act; 1961 = Ceiling Act.
21.
Match the scheme/body with its function:
| a. ULPIN | 1. Computerisation of land records |
| b. SVAMITVA | 2. Recommended zamindari abolition (1938) |
| c. DILRMP | 3. 14-digit land parcel number |
| d. Prakasam Committee | 4. Drone survey, rural property card |
Correct Answer: C [3 4 1 2]
Explanation:
ULPIN 14-digit land ID; SVAMITVA drone-survey property cards; DILRMP land record computerisation; Prakasam Committee zamindari abolition.
22.
Under the 1972 national guidelines, what is the ceiling for irrigated land growing two crops?
Correct Answer: D [10–18 acres]
Explanation:
Single-crop irrigated land 27 acres; other land 54 acres.
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