Question

8. Which of the following options does not fall in the categories of land-use pattern?
a) Forests
b) Waste lands
c) Current fallow
d) Gross sown area

Answer 1

Forests do not fall into the category of land use patterns.

Option (A) is correct.

Explanation:

• Forests do not fall into the category of land use patterns.
• Lands are used for different purposes such as for agriculture and for the general purpose which include buildings, factories, and roads.
• There are also permanent pasture and grazing land used for grazing purposes.
• The Gross sown area is the less that is cultivated once in a year.
• Current Fallow is that land that is left uncultivated for one year.

Answer 2

d) Gross Sown Area

Explanation:

• The layout/arrangement of the land uses is defined as the land use pattern. The land can be used for forest, agriculture, pasture and so on. Land use is ascertained by several factors such as relief features, soil, climate,  technical &socioeconomic factors, & population density
• The important types of land use in the nation are

1. Forests area
2. Land not available for cultivation  (used for transport routes, human settlements, quarries, canals, deserts, the mountains, marshes, and so on
3. Cultivable wasteland (permanent pasture & other grazing area, land under miscellaneous crops, tree, cultivable waste & groves)
4. Fallow land
5. Net area sown