Question

The land left without cultivation is called ___________.
A) Gross cropped area
B) Barren land
C) Fallow land
D) Net sown area

Answer 1

Hint: This land is additionally called bare land. Bare land is that land where cultivation cannot be done for a certain period of time. This method is also used for crop rotation and this is also considered as farming technique.

Complete answer:
Option A) Gross cropped area – is also known as total area sown or total cropped area. When the crop is owned in that particular region or land twice in a very year. This is called gross cropped area and this is an incorrect answer.

Option B) Barren land – Barren lands have thin soils, sand and soil and this oil is so poor that plants and trees cannot grow here. Deserts, dry salt flats, sand dunes, strip mines and etc. are considered as barren lands. Thus, this selection is an incorrect answer.

Option C) Fallow land – Fallow land is that land which is not fertile for harvesting i.e., land is left without sowing for more or more vegetative cycles. This type of land has lost its moisture and organic matters which in result the land is left without cultivated. This land is also known as uncultivated land and this is the correct answer.

Option D) Net sown area – Net sown area is that the total sown area harvested with crops and orchards. It represents an area or land during which total crops are grown in a year. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘C’.

Note: The importance of following is to regain and restore the lost moisture in the soil and store organic matters in the soil so that the land can again be used for cultivation. Following can be used for the house gardens and for the commercial crop fields. Another name of fallow land is: uncultivated, unplanted, plowed or harrowed, undeveloped.