In Land Ceiling Acts, the upper limit does not depend on :

The correct answer is Option (4) → Location of land

Note: The given answer is as per the official NTA Answer Key. However, there seems to be a mistake in the question / answer. The ceiling varies from region to region, so it does depend on where the land is, while surplus land is worked out from the ceiling and does not decide it; going strictly by the book, the answer would be Option (2) Surplus land, as explained below.

Option (1) Productivity of land — The ceiling depends on it (Incorrect). Very productive land has a low ceiling, while unproductive dry land has a higher ceiling limit.

Option (2) Surplus land — Should be Correct, but has been taken as Incorrect as per the NTA answer key. Surplus land is the land above the ceiling limit held by a household, which the state is supposed to take over and redistribute. It is found after the ceiling is fixed, so the ceiling cannot depend on it.

Option (3) Kind of land — The ceiling depends on it (Incorrect). The ceiling varies depending on the kind of land, its productivity and other such factors.

Option (4) Location of land — Correct as per the NTA answer key; however, it should have been Incorrect. The Land Ceiling Acts fix a ceiling that varies from region to region, so the location of the land does count: the ceiling depends on it.