India: resources, agriculture, industry and transport
Land use and land resources
Practise 1 PYQConcepts to cover
- Nine land-use categories of the Land Revenue records; net sown area and gross cropped area
- Changes in land use: rise of non-agricultural land, fall of pasture and culturable waste
- Cropping intensity, current and other fallows
- India versus China: India has more arable land; China has a higher irrigated share and higher yields
- Common property resources and their decline
Where to study
India: People and Economy, Class XII, chapter 3: Land Resources and Agriculture (Reprint 2026-27)
- ch. 3, Land Resources and Agriculture, p. 1-20 (book pages 21-40)
- ch. 3, Land Use Categories, p. 1-2 (book pages 21-22)
- ch. 3, Land-use Changes in India, p. 2-4 (book pages 22-24)
- ch. 3, Agricultural Land Use in India, p. 4-5 (book pages 24-25)
- ch. 3, China, p. 6 (book page 26)
- ch. 3, Common Property Resources, p. 4 (book page 24)
Contemporary India II, Class X, chapter 1: Resources and Development (Reprint 2026-27)
- ch. 1, Resources and Development, p. 1-12 (book pages 1-12)