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Commercial farming on an industrial scale, financed by big corporations, is called:
AAgri-business
BCottage farming
CTruck farming
DSubsistence farming
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Agri-business
1. Agri-business is farming on industrial scale.
2. Large corporations often finance it.
3. Such farms are called agro-factories.
_Source: NCERT Class 12 Geography, Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 6, Secondary Activities._
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