Question

Study the above given land use pattern of the 2 pie charts and answer the following:

Q1. Which land use category has made maximum increase over the given period of time and

why?

Q2. Which land use category has made maximum decrease over the given period of time

and why?

Q3. ‘India has the largest number of cattle in the world’. How is it possible for it to survive

on 3-4 % of pasture land?​

Answer 1

Answer:

q. 1From 1960-61 to 2002-03, the net sown area has reduced from 45.26% to 43.41% and land under forests has increased from 18.11% to 22.57%. The reason is that area under non-agricultural use has increased by about 3% from 4.95% in 1960-61 to 7.92% in 2002-03. This consists of buildings roads, etc due to increasing urbanization. Also current fallow land has increased from 3.75% to 7.03%, causing reduction in net sown area.

q. 2 Answer:

(b) Marginal landThe land-use categories as maintained in the Land ... agricultural activities reduces over time , ... (i) The rate of increase is the highest in case ... tropical crops during any period in the year

q.3 there are so many cattle fields so may be each will have 40 animals and 20 workers