Consider the types of land according to the Amarkosha:

Explanation

<!-- layout: eugx, hdep, cxxr --> (24) General Studies ## Page 23 Amara Singh one of the Navaratnas (nine gems) of Chandragupta II ‘Vikramaditya’, composed the work titled ‘Amarakosha’. Amarakosha gives a list of 12 types of land, including—Urvara (fertile land), Maru (desert land), Ushara (barren land), Aprahata (fallow land), Shadvala/Shadbala (grass land), Pankila (muddy land), Jalaprayanupama (moist land), Kaccha (marshy land/land near water sources), Sharkara (limestone/pebble-bearing land), Sharkaravati (sandy land), Nadimatrika (river-irrigated land) and Devamatrika (rain-fed). Hence, all the matchings given in the options are correct. Therefore, option (d) is the correct answer.