If high density and small landholdings appear together in an agricultural area, what is the most appropriate conclusion?

Correct answer: Population pressure on land is high

Correct answer: A — population pressure on land is high. In an agricultural area, land is an important resource and source of livelihood. If many people depend on a limited amount of farmland, inheritance and division of plots can produce small holdings. Small holdings do not by themselves prove that farming has stopped, but they indicate that land is divided among many users and that pressure on available land may be considerable. This can make mechanisation, investment and sufficient farm income more difficult in some circumstances. Option B is wrong because small holdings occur within farming areas. Option C is the opposite of the evidence: limited land is being divided into smaller plots. Option D is wrong because population, land availability and agricultural dependence can be closely connected, although density alone cannot explain every farming outcome. Memory cue: many dependants plus limited farmland often means greater pressure and smaller plots.