Question

What is Gross Cropped Area?

(a) Net irrigated area + Area irrigated more than once during the same year

(b) Net cropped area + Area sown more than once during the same year

(c) Net irrigated area + Net cropped area

(d) Total area irrigated once a year + area irrigated more than once in that year

This question was posed to me in an interview for job.

The query is from Canal Irrigation System in portion Canal Irrigation System of Irrigation Engineering

Answer 1

Correct choice is (b) Net cropped area + Area sown more than once during the same year

To explain: Sometimes two crops in two seasons are grown during a particular year on the same area. Hence this area will be sown more than once during that year. When this area is added to the area which is sown only once then the value obtained is Gross Cropped Area.