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With reference to land reforms in independent India, which one of the following statements is correct

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With reference to land reforms in independent India, which one of the following statements is correct?

(a)

The ceiling “laws were aimed at family holdings and not individual holdings.

(b)

The major aim of land reforms was providing agricultural land to all the landless.

(c)

It resulted in cultivation of cash crops as a predominant form of cultivation.

(d)

Land reforms permitted no exemptions to the ceiling limits.

Answer:

(b)

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Explanation

The land reform legislations passed by Indian Government during 1950s were guided by following main objectives: 1. Abolition of intermediaries. 2. Tenancy reforms to regulate fair rent and provide security to tenure. 3. Ceilings on holdings and distribution of surplus land among landless. 4. Consolidation of holdings and prevention of their further fragmentation and 5. Development of cooperative farming.