Several profound transformation in the nature of social relations in rural areas took place in the post independent era. These included:

A. A shift from payment in kind (grain) to payment in cash.
B. Rise of class of 'free' wage labourers
C. A loosing of traditional bonds or hereditary relationships between land owner and workers
D. Rise of subsistence agriculture
E. Increase in the use of agricultural labours

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A, B, C, E only

The correct answer is Option (3) → A, B, C, E only

D. Rise of subsistence agriculture: Subsistence agriculture refers to farming to meet the family's needs, not for commercial purposes. This is NOT a trend in the post-independence era with a growing market and population.

Several profound transformations in the nature of social relations in rural areas took place in the post-Independence period, especially in those regions that underwent the Green Revolution. These included: „

a. an increase in the use of agricultural labour as cultivation became more intensive; „

b. a shift from payment in kind (grain) to payment in cash; „

c. a loosening of traditional bonds or hereditary relationships between farmers or landowners and agricultural workers (known as bonded labour); „ and

d. the rise of a class of ‘free’ wage labourers’