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Study the given table below and answer the questions that follow:

Broad land use 1700 1850 1920 1950 1980 2000
FORESTS 6214 5965 5678 5389 5053 3454
GRASSLANDS 6860 6837 6748 6780 6788 3427
CROPLANDS 265 537 913 1170 1501 1501

1. 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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