Arrange the following steps of primitive subsistence agriculture in sequential order.

(A) Vegetation is usually cleared
(B) Ashes of brunt vegetation added to soil for enhancing fertility
(C) Cleared vegetation is burnt by fire
(D) Farmers shift to another part and clear other patch

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(A), (C), (B), (D)

The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (C), (B), (D)

(A) Vegetation is usually cleared. This is the first step where farmers clear the natural vegetation from a patch of land.

(C) Cleared vegetation is burnt by fire. Next, the cleared vegetation is set on fire to make the land cultivable.

(B) Ashes of burnt vegetation added to soil for enhancing fertility.  he ash left behind from burning vegetation acts as a natural fertilizer and improves soil fertility.

(D) Farmers shift to another part and clear other patch. After the fertility of the soil declines, farmers abandon the used patch and shift to another area to repeat the process.