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Slash-and-burn cultivation, where forests are cleared by burning to grow crops, is known in north-east India as:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A.
1. NCERT lists regional names for shifting cultivation across the world.
2. In India's north-east the practice is called Jhumming.
3. Milpa is Mexico, Roca is Brazil, Konuko is Venezuela.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 Geography Contemporary India - II, Ch 4 "Agriculture", §Primitive Subsistence ¶2_
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