How much is the cropping intensity (in percentage), if the gross cropped area is 800 hectares and the net sown area is 400 hectares?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → 200
- Cropping intensity (in percentage) = (GCA ÷ NSA) × 100
- = (800 ÷ 400) × 100
- = 2 × 100 = 200
Gross cropped area (GCA) counts a piece of land once for every crop sown on it in a year. Net sown area (NSA) counts it only once. Here GCA is twice the NSA, so on average the land carries two crops a year.
NCERT (2026-27): “The cropping intensity (CI) is calculated as follows :”
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