Match List - I with List - II.
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List - I |
List - II |
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(A) Jhuming |
(I) Malaysia |
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(B) Milpa |
(II) India |
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(C) Ladang |
(III) Mexico |
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(D) Chena |
(IV) Sri Lanka |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)
(A) Jhuming — this matches (II) India. Jhuming is shifting cultivation in the north-eastern states of India.
(B) Milpa — this matches (III) Mexico. Milpa is the name used in Central America and Mexico.
(C) Ladang — this matches (I) Malaysia. Ladang is the name used in Indonesia and Malaysia.
(D) Chena — this matches (IV) Sri Lanka. This is the pair left once the other three are matched.
Note: The given answer is as per the official NTA Answer Key. The book does not give the name Chena, or say where it is used. It only gives Jhuming (India), Milpa (Mexico) and Ladang (Malaysia), which leaves Sri Lanka for Chena.
NCERT (2026-27): “Primitive Subsistence Agriculture Primitive subsistence agriculture or shifting cultivation is widely practised by many tribes in the tropics, especially in Africa, south and central America and south east Asia (Fig. 4.7). … It is prevalent in tropical region in different names, e.g. Jhuming in North eastern states of India, Milpa in central America and Mexico and Ladang in Indonesia and Malaysia.” |