Question

A piece of land that is normally used for farming but is left uncultivated for a while so that the soil recovers fertility is called _________.

• A. Barren
• B. Fellow
• C. Fallow
• D. Field

Answer 1

The correct option is C Fallow

• Fallow land is the land that a farmer plows but does not cultivate for one or more seasons to allow the field to become more fertile again.
• The practice of leaving fields fallow dates back to ancient times when farmers realized that using soil over and over again depleted its nutrients.