Land Reforms UPSC Questions

Land Reforms MCQ Questions

7.
The 1st Amendment in _____ and the 4th Amendment in 1955, were aimed at further strengthening the hands of the state legislatures for implementing zamindari abolition
A.
1951
B.
1952
C.
1953
D.
1954
ANSWER :
A. 1951
8.
A major difficulty in implementing the zamindari abolition acts, passed in most provinces by _____, was the absence of adequate land records.
A.
1955
B.
1954
C.
1956
D.
1953
ANSWER :
C. 1956
9.
The abolition of zamindari meant that about twenty million erstwhile tenants now became _____
A.
Inhabitants
B.
Landowners
C.
Chief
D.
Collector
ANSWER :
B. Landowners
10.
The figures for area and number of households under tenancy are highly unreliable partly because in many areas a very large proportion of tenancy was _____ and therefore unrecorded.
A.
Oral
B.
Written
C.
Bond
D.
Registered
ANSWER :
A. Oral
11.
After the reforms started, one rough estimate being that area under tenancy decreased from about _____ per cent in 1950-51 to between 20 to 25 per cent by the early sixties.
A.
12
B.
6
C.
25
D.
42
ANSWER :
D. 42
12.
Identify the FALSE statements from the following
a) In Punjab, the occupancy tenants of Patiala were paid nothing and even the inferior tenants were given a negligible amount
b) In Kashmir, compensation was paid.
A.
Only a
B.
Both a and b
C.
Only b
D.
None of the above
ANSWER :
C. Only b