lagaan is levied on the 60 percent of the cultivated land . the revenue department collected total rs . 3 , 44000 through the lagaan from the village of mutter . mutter , a very rich farmer , paid only rs . 480 as lagaan . the percentage of total land of mutter over the total taxable land of the village is : Pick one.
A) 0.23255	B) 0.14544	C) 0.25632	D) 0.35466	E) 0.63435

Rationale: total land of sukhiya = \ inline \ frac { 480 x } { 0.6 } = 800 x \ therefore cultivated land of village = 344000 x \ therefore required percentage = \ inline \ frac { 800 x } { 344000 } \ times 100 = 0.23255 a
Answer: A