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Shifting cultivation is called jhumming in the state of:
AJharkhand
BNagaland
CRajasthan
DKarnataka
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Nagaland
1. Shifting cultivation goes by different names across India.
2. In north-eastern states such as Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland it is called jhumming.
3. In Rajasthan it is Valre, in the Himalayan belt Khil, and in Jharkhand Kuruwa.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 Social Science, 'Contemporary India II', Ch 4 'Agriculture'_
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