Question

Q.31: Area sown more than once in an agricultural year plus the net sown area is known as
(a)fallow lands (b) gross cropped area (c)cropped area (d) grazing land

Answer 1

The correct option is "B".

Explanation:

• The gross cropped area is sown more than once in an agricultural year plus the net sown area.

• India’s total gross cropped area is 195 million hectares. and 141 million hectares is the net sown area.

• Whereas, around 65.3 million hectares is the net irrigated area.  

• The land that is left is rain-fed.

• When the area is sown two times the area is considered twice in GCA.

Answer 2

Area sown more than once in an agricultural year plus the net sown area is called as Gross cropped area.

Explanation:

• It is the area sown more than once in a year or can be said as that particular plot of agricultural land is counted twice a time.
• Whereas the later is counted only once.
• Hence the difference between the two is only the area where the crops are cultivated for more than once in a particular year.
• With a sum of 195 million hectare,India ranks the largest in terms of GCA in the world.
• It is due to the cropping intensity of India that the area under the same is much more than any other country does have.

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