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Land Reforms Independent India
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With reference to land reforms in independent India, which one of the following statements is correct?
2019Economy
With reference to land reforms in independent India, which one of the following statements is correct?
2019Economy
AThe ceiling laws were aimed at family holdings and not individual holdings.
BThe major aim of land reforms was providing agriculture land to all the landless.
CIt resulted in cultivation of cash crops as a predominant form of cultivation.
DLand reforms permitted no exemptions to the ceiling limits.
Explanation
The primary objective of land reforms in independent India was to ensure that agricultural land was distributed to all those who did not own any, thereby aiming to provide land to the landless population.