2024 · Q115
What is culturable wasteland?
General KnowledgeGeography
- ALand that has been left fallow in last four years
- BLand that has been left fallow between one and two years
- CLand that has been left fallow for less than one year
- DLand that has been left fallow for more than five years
Explanation
In India's land-use classification, culturable wasteland is land available for cultivation but not taken up for cultivation, or land left fallow for more than five years. Fallow land of shorter duration falls into other categories: current fallow (less than one year) and fallow other than current fallow (one to five years). The answer is (D).