Q. Consider the following statements:

1. The net sown area is over 80 per cent of the total area in Punjab, Mizoram and Haryana.
2. Forest area in the country is 33 per cent of geographical area.

Which of the above is / are correct?
Answer: None of the above
Notes: The pattern of net sown area varies greatly from one state to another. It is over 80 percent cent of the total area in Punjab and Haryana and less than 10 per cent in Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur and Andaman Nicobar Islands. Forest area in the country is far lower than the desired 33 per cent of geographical area, as it was outlined in the National Forest Policy (1952). It was considered essential for maintenance of the ecological balance.

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