RAS question
The Rajasthan Land Revenue Act was enacted in:
Correct answer: (A) 1956.
The Rajasthan Land Revenue Act was enacted in 1956.
Explanation
The official India Code PDF is titled The Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 1956, which fixes 1956 as the enactment year. This Act matters for RAS because it is the core Rajasthan law for land administration, revenue collection and land tenancy. The Act's text supports that administrative character by referring to revenue and general administration, revenue courts and revenue officers, and the collection of revenue, rent and other land-related demands from landholders and tenants. So the date is not a stray factual year; it belongs to a statute that structures how Rajasthan's land-revenue machinery is organised and exercised.
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) 1972 is too late because the official Act title identifies the statute as The Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 1956.
- (C) 1950 is too early because the law is not named as a 1950 enactment; India Code lists it as the 1956 Act.
- (D) 1965 does not match the official year in the Act title, and the question asks for the enactment year of the Rajasthan Land Revenue Act.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan's post-Independence legal and administrative framework, especially land revenue administration. It recurs in RAS because land records, revenue courts and tenancy-related administration are central to Rajasthan polity questions.