Please indicate which is not a legislation of land reforms?
(A) Abolition of Sati
(B) Abolition of Zamindari System
(C) Bhoodan Movement
(D) Green Revolution
(E) Land Ceiling Acts
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A), (C) and (D) only
(A) Abolition of Sati Not a land reform law (Correct). Sati was one of the social evils that the social reform movements of the nineteenth century fought. Its abolition concerned the lives of women, not the ownership of land.
(B) Abolition of Zamindari System A land reform law (Incorrect). Of the land reform laws passed from the 1950s to the 1970s, the first important legislation was the abolition of the zamindari system, which removed the layer of intermediaries between the cultivators and the state.
(C) Bhoodan Movement Not a land reform law (Correct). Bhoodan (‘gift of land’) was a movement, in which landowners were persuaded to give land voluntarily to the landless. It worked by persuasion, not through a law.
(D) Green Revolution Not a land reform law (Correct). The Green Revolution was a government programme of agricultural modernisation, based on high-yielding variety seeds, pesticides and fertilisers. It raised production; it did not change who owned the land.
(E) Land Ceiling Acts A land reform law (Incorrect). The third major category of land reform laws were the Land Ceiling Acts, which imposed an upper limit on the amount of land a particular family can own.
NCERT (2025-26): “Independent India … From the 1950s to the 1970s, a series of land reform laws were passed – at the national level as well as in the states – that were intended to bring about these changes. The first important legislation was the abolition of the zamindari system, which removed the layer of intermediaries who stood between the cultivators and the state.…” “The third major category of land reform laws were the Land Ceiling Acts. These laws imposed an upper limit on the amount of land that can be owned by a particular family.…” “4.3 The Green Revolution and its Social Consequences … In contrast the Green Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s brought about significant changes in the areas where it took place.…” “…It was largely funded by international agencies that was based on providing high-yielding variety(HYV) or hybrid seeds along with pesticides, fertilisers, and other inputs, to farmers. Green Revolution programmes were introduced only in areas that had assured irrigation, because sufficient water was necessary for the new seeds and methods of cultivation.…” |