The percentage of net cultivated area out of total area in Bihar is –

Explanation

At the time of the examination, option (a) was the correct answer. According to the Bihar Economic Survey 2024–25, in the year 2022–23 the total net sown area was 5112.8 thousand hectares, which constituted about 54.63 percent of Bihar’s total geographical area of 9359.6 thousand hectares.