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In India, a cultivable land which is left uncultivated for more than a year but less than five years is labelled as

Options

  1. Acultivable wasteland
  2. Bcurrent fallow
  3. Cfallow other than current fallow
  4. Dbarren and wasteland

Correct answer

C. fallow other than current fallow

Step-by-step solution

The cultivable land which is left uncultivated for more than a year but less than five years is known as 'Fallow other than Current Fallow'. Following is a cultural practice adopted for giving the land rest. The land recoups the lost fertility through natural processes. If the land is left uncultivated for more than five years, it would be categorised as culturable wasteland. This land which is left without cultivation for one or less than one agricultural year is known as Current Fallow.

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