Waste land includes........................... ? (a) Land left without cultivation for one or less than one agricultural year (b) Land put to non-agricultural uses (c) Land left uncultivated for the past 1 to 5 agricultural years (d) Rocky, arid and desert areas

Waste land includes........................... ?
(a) Land left without cultivation for one or less than one agricultural year
(b) Land put to non-agricultural uses
(c) Land left uncultivated for the past 1 to 5 agricultural years
(d) Rocky, arid and desert areas
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(d) Rocky, arid and desert areas
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