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Slash-and-burn agriculture (jhumming) practised in the hilly tribal regions of north-east India is a form of:
ACommercial plantation agriculture
BIntensive subsistence farming on small plots
CPrimitive subsistence farming with simple tools
DModern green-revolution-style farming
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Primitive subsistence farming with simple tools
Jhumming (also called bewar, dahiya, kumari) is primitive subsistence farming with simple tools, family labour, dependent on monsoon, on small patches that are abandoned for a new patch after a few harvests.
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