Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Economics

Chapter

Indian Economic Development: Indian Economy:1950-1990

Question:
What is setting up an upper limit to the land that can be owned by a land owner known as?
Options:
Land fragmentation
Land ceiling
Land quota
Land restriction
Correct Answer:
Land ceiling
Explanation:
In order to promote equity, the government came up with many policies and 1 such policy was "land ceiling". It fixed the maximum size of the land that an individual could keep to himself. Government basically wanted an equal distribution of land to all the farmers.