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Study the given diagram carefully and answer the questions that follow :

9.1.Which land use category has shown the highest increasing trend ? What percentage in reporting area has increased in that category, during the given period ?

9.2.Explain any two reasons responsible for the increasing trend in that category.



9.1. Area under non-agricultural use has shown the highest increasing trend i.e. 5:9 or 80%

9.2.

  • Changing structure of the Indian Economy.
  • Expansion of industrial and service sector.
  • Expansion of related infrastructural facilities.
  • Expansion of area under urban and rural settlements.
  • It is expanding at the expense of waste lands and agricultural lands. (ANY TWO)
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(E) An international airport.

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