Question

In India the percentage of wasteland due to water erosion is _______.

• A. 56%
• B. 28%
• C. 10%
• D. 6%

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

56%

At present, there are about 130 million hectares of degraded land in India. Approximately, 28 per cent of it belongs to the category of forest degraded area, 56 per cent of it is water eroded area and the rest is affected by saline and alkaline deposits. Some human activities such as deforestation, over grazing, mining and quarrying too have contributed significantly in land degradation.