Question

A fallow field is a ploughed land that is left uncultivated for one or more seasons, to regain soil fertility naturally.

• A. Nutrient rich field
• B. none of these

Answer 1

The correct option is A

Nutrient rich field

A fallow field is a land that a farmer ploughs but does not cultivate for one or more seasons to allow the field to regain its fertility naturally. This practice of leaving fields fallow dates back to ancient times when farmers realized that using soil continuously depleted its nutrients.