SSC
INDIAN ECONOMY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Large
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Economic
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Fragmented
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None of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -A landholding is defined as the area of land that a person or a family owns. Land holdings in India were not only small but scattered as well. Small and scattered land holdings were very difficult to cultivate. At the time of independence, old and outdated methods of farming were used in the agriculture sector.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer. The state of Indian industrial sector on the eve of independence was as follows: De-industrialisation-Decline of Indian Handicraft Industry. Britishers followed the policy of systematically de-industrialising India.
Detailed explanation-3: -The landholdings are very small in India due to the fact of the law of inheritance. The farming land gets divided and sub-divided. The holdings become smaller with each generation as it passes with division from fathers to their sons.