Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Social Change and Development in India: Change and Development in Rural Society

Question:

Why were the Land Ceiling Acts introduced?

Options:

To empower the upper castes

To support agricultural growth

To regularise the agricultural tax

To distribute land among landless

Correct Answer:

To distribute land among landless

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → To distribute land among landless

Land Ceiling Acts were introduced to fix the maximum amount of land a person or family could own. The main aim was to acquire surplus land from large landowners and redistribute it to landless farmers and labourers, promoting social equity and justice in rural India.