Rinjha's family shifts to a fresh patch of land when soil fertility declines. Their farming type is:
APrimitive subsistence farming
BCommercial plantation farming
CIntensive subsistence farming
DIrrigated commercial farming
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Primitive subsistence farming
1. The family clears a patch, farms it with natural fertility, then moves on.
2. This slash and burn cycle uses family labour and monsoon rain.
3. That is primitive subsistence farming, called jhumming in the north-east.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 Geography, Ch 4 'Agriculture' (jess104)_
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