Question

Q5) The main objectives of agrarian reforms started immediately post-independence was

1. To change the agrarian structure existing at that time

2.To remove exploitative agrarian relations

3.To promote social justice

Choose the correct answer

• A. a) 1 and 2 only
• B. b) 2 and 3 only
• C. c) 1,2 and 3
• D. d) 2 only

Answer 1

The correct option is C

c) 1,2 and 3

Ans 5: C
Explanation: At the time of independence, India had inherited a feudal agrarian set up made of mainly three different kinds of systems viz. Zamindari, Mahalwari and Ryotwari. The land rights were concentrated in hands of few land lords and actual cultivators were tenants with no right or security of tenure. Rack renting was common and exploitation of cultivators was vogue in an unequal and unjust structure