If on a 20 acre farm, crops are raised on 15 acres in rabi, 15 acres in kharif and 20 acres in zaid in a year, what shall be the cropping intensity

A. 250%

B. 400%

C. 150%

D. 350%

Answer: Option A

Solution(By Examveda Team)

Cropping intensity is the ratio of gross area sown to the net area sown.
It refers to growing several crops in the same field during one agricultural year.
$$\eqalign{ & {\text{Cropping Intensity}} \cr & = \frac{{{\text{Gross Croped Area}}}}{{{\text{Net Sown Area}}}} \times 100 \cr & = \frac{{50}}{{20}} \times 100 \cr & = 250\% \cr} $$
Gross cropped area = 50
Net Sown area = 20