Correct Option: A

The largest portion of the natural resources of India, consists of land and by far the larger proportion of its inhabitants are engaged in the exploitation of land. In any scheme of planned economic development of the country, therefore, agricultural reorganisation and forms hold a position of basic importance. The gross cropped area is about 317 million acres. Food crops cover about 78 per cent. Of the cropped area, commercial crops provide raw, material for industries, account for 17 per cent.