Question

Which of the following is an example of a Cultivable Wasteland?

• A. Gross cropped area
• B. Uncultivable land
• C. Barren Wasteland
• D. Current fallow Land

Answer 1

The correct option is B

Uncultivable land

The correct option is option B.

Explanation for the correct option:

1. An example of a cultivable wasteland is Uncultivable land that cannot be farmed.
2. It includes permanent grazing and pasture areas and not included in the net sown area is land beneath various tree crop groves.
3. On the other hand, Cultivable wasteland is the land that has gone more than five agricultural years without being farmed.

Explanation for the incorrect option:

Option A:

1. It refers to the total areas spread once or more than once in a year.
2. The area is counted as many times as land sowing in a year.
3. The total area is also called a total cropped area.
4. It is calculated as the gross cropped area divided by the net sown area.

Option C:

1. Barren wasteland is also known as a desert wasteland.
2. An unattractive often devastated or scarcely inhabitable area.
3. Something that is psychic and emotionally arid and discontent.
4. The land which cannot be used for cultivation.

Option C:

1. It is a land that is left without enlarging for one or less than one cultivation year.
2. Fallow land for India includes 26,718 thousand hectares.
3. Land that reminisces. the lost fertility through natural processes.

Final answer: The example of a Cultivable Wasteland is Uncultivable land.