alleryWhich name is given to slash and burn farming in the north-eastern states of India?
APlantation farming
BBewar farming
CKharif farming
DJhumming farming
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Jhumming farming
1. Farmers clear a patch of forest, burn it and grow food crops.
2. In the north-eastern states this practice is called jhumming.
3. Plantation farming grows one cash crop on a large estate, and kharif is a crop season, so neither names this practice.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 Contemporary India II, Ch 4 Agriculture, Types of Farming_
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