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What share of India's cultivated area is irrigated even today?
AWell above 90 percent
BHardly 10 percent at all
CExactly half of the area
DA little less than 40 percent
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. A little less than 40 percent
1. Palampur is unusually well irrigated.
2. Most of India still depends on rain.
3. Only a little under 40 percent is irrigated.
_Source: NCERT Class 9 Economics, Chapter 1, The Story of Village Palampur._
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