निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सा एक, ‘लघु कृषक बड़े खेत’ की संकल्पना का सर्वोत्तम वर्णन है?
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Which one of the following best describes the concept of ‘Small Farmer Large Field’?
(a) Resettlement of a large number of people, uprooted from their countries due to war, by giving them a large cultivable land which they cultivate collectively and share the produce · (b) Many marginal farmers in an area organize themselves into groups and synchronize and harmonize selected agricultural operations · (c) Many marginal farmers in an area together, make a contract with a corporate body and surrender their land to the corporate body for a fixed term for which the corporate body makes a payment of agreed amount to the farmers · (d) A company extends loans, technical knowledge and material inputs to a number of small farmers in an area so that they produce the agricultural commodity required by the company for its manufacturing process and commercial production
उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English
Answer: (b) किसी क्षेत्र के अनेक सीमांत कृषक अपने आपको समूहों में व्यवस्थित कर चुनिन्दा कृषि संक्रियाओं में समकालन और संगति लाते हैं
UPSC's official key marks option (b) as correct; we could not confirm the definition of this concept from an official source, so we do not explain it here. A company that supplies loans, inputs and know-how to farmers for the crop it needs is contract farming (NCERT).
- ✓ (b) UPSC's official key marks this option as correct; we could not confirm the detail from an official source, so we do not explain it here.
- ✗ (d) A company supplying loans, inputs and know-how so that farmers grow the crop it needs is contract farming. NCERT describes it: the company identifies the crop, provides seeds and other inputs, and the know-how.
- ✗ (c) This option describes farmers handing their land to a corporate body for a fixed term against a payment; UPSC's official key does not mark it correct.
Remember · Company-led inputs-plus-buyback = contract farming (NCERT).
📘 Read it in NCERT: Class 12 Social Change and Development in India, Ch 4 (practise this chapter)
Sources
- NCERT Class 12 · Social Change and Development in India, Chapter 4 “In such 'contract farming' systems, the company identifies the crop to be grown, provides the seeds and other inputs, as well as the know-how and often also the working capital.”
Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper I (2023, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 1 Oct 2026 (how we verify). ·