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Study the given table below and answer the questions that follow:Broad land use170018501920195019802000FORESTS621459655678538950533454GRASSLANDS686068376748678067883427CROPLANDS2655379131170150115011. Under which land use category the smallest area of land is being used?2 Name the land use category in which the area is continuously decreasing. Explain due reason for it.3. Explain the main cause for the continuous increase of crop land area.

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i. Croplands (increasing on the expanse of barren and forest areas) 

ii. Forests (decreasing due to expansion of industrialization, population pressure, urbanization) 

iii. Reasons for expansion 

a. Technological development 

b. Expansion of irrigational facilities 

c. Population pressure



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