Land Reform Acts and Committees

Q. Egalitarian society means a ideal society based on ____.

1. equality
2. compassion
3. labour exploitation
4. land power

Q. Redistribution of land ensures ____ for landless people.

1. economic stability
2. self-respect
3. dignity
4. All of the above

Q. served as the Chairman of the Land Reforms Committee in 1955.

1. B.D. Jatti
2. S.P. Singh
3. J. Nehru
4. S. Radhakrishnan

Q. Which of the following group of people did not contribute to the movements that championed distribution of land?

1. Dalits
2. All of the above
3. Landowners
4. Farmers

Q. The various measures implemented to remedy issues relating to the ownership of land are called ________.

1. land distribution
2. land sharing
3. land redistribution
4. land reforms

Q. Ramakrishna was given a piece of agricultural land after the Land Reform (Amendment) Act 1974. The harvest he reaps from that land after farming it himself belongs to ____.

1. the government
2. the government and the former landlord
3. the former landlord
4. Ramakrishna himself

Q. The standard of life of many farmers improved after which of the following?

1. Education reform
2. Currency reform
3. The first Backwards Classes Commission was appointed
4. Consolidation of holdings and implementation of maximum limit on holdings

Q. What is the collective term given to the various measures implemented to solve the issues with regard to land holdings?

1. Land sharing
2. Land distribution
3. Land reforms
4. Land Collection

Q. How much land was to be redistributed to a single family based on the recommendations of the Land Reforms Committee under B.D. Jatti?

1. 116 acres of dry land and 27 acres of irrigated land
2. 27 acres of dry land and 116 of acres irrigated land
3. 16 acres of dry land and 67 acres of irrigated land
4. 67 acres of dry land and 27 acres of irrigated land

Q. You are in the year 1974 and belong to a farming family that does not own land. Which of the following could help your family?

1. Land redistribution
2. Changes in the judiciary
3. Discussion on a new government policy regarding elections
4. Currency reform

Q. The 1974 Land Reform (Amendment) Act stemmed out of the concerns faced by the Indian tenants. Substantiate.

Q. Which of the following bodies set a limit on the land a family could own or possess?

1. Central government
2. Executive
3. State government
4. Judiciary

Q. Which of the following bodies must be responsible for the redistribution of land?

1. Government
2. Landlords
3. Citizens
4. Tillers

Q. Mention some of the major concerns of the Indian tenants prior to the enactment of land reforms.

1. Considerable rent
2. Insecure landholdings
3. Number of landless farmers
4. Low employment
5. None of the above