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Shifting cultivation is called chena in which country?
ABrazil
BMexico
CSri Lanka
DIndonesia
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Sri Lanka
1. It is lading in Southeast Asia and milpa in Central America.
2. Chena is the Sri Lankan name.
3. India calls it jhum, podu, bewar and more.
_Source: NCERT Class 9 India and the Contemporary World I, Chapter 4, Forest Society and Colonialism._
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