RAS question
Rajasthan Land Revenue Act was enacted in:
Correct answer: (A) 1956.
The Rajasthan Land Revenue Act was enacted as the Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 1956.
Explanation
The answer is 1956 because the official India Code PDF itself is titled “The Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 1956”. That title directly fixes the enactment year asked in the MCQ. The Act governs land administration, revenue collection and land records in Rajasthan. The official text refers to revenue and general administration, the Board of Revenue, the Director of Land Records, land-record officers and the collection of revenue or rent. So this is not a generic land-law date question; it is asking for the year attached to Rajasthan’s core land-revenue framework, and that year is 1956.
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) 1970 is wrong because the official Act title identifies the law as the Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 1956, not a 1970 enactment.
- (C) 1960 is wrong because the cited official text fixes the enactment year in the Act’s title as 1956.
- (D) 1949 is wrong because the official source names the statute as a 1956 Act governing Rajasthan’s land administration and revenue-record system.
Concept
This tests the statutory framework of Rajasthan’s land administration, especially the basic laws behind revenue collection and land records. It recurs in RAS because land revenue institutions are central to Rajasthan’s administrative system.