HORTICULTURE

HORTICULTURE SCIENCE

GENERAL AGRICULTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The land on which crops are grown is known as ____
A
Arable Land
B
Wet Land
C
Dry Land
D
None of these
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct option is C Arable. Arable is the land that is suitable for growing crops.

Detailed explanation-2: -Arable land is the land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted only once), temporary meadows for mowing or pasture, land under market and kitchen gardens and land temporarily fallow (less than five years). The abandoned land resulting from shifting cultivation is not included in this category.

Detailed explanation-3: -Arable land is land worked (ploughed or tilled) regularly, generally under a system of crop rotation.

Detailed explanation-4: -Arable crops. These consist of plants whose aerial part has a herbaceous consistency (cereals, leguminous plants, potatoes, cotton, beetroot, fodder plants, vegetables, etc.). Seedbeds for use on the holding itself are included in the corresponding crop sections.

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