Identify the correct statements.
(A) The seasonal migration of people along with livestock is called transhumance.
(B) Shifting cultivation is known as Milpa in central America.
(C) Intensive Subsistence Agriculture is largely found in densely populated regions of monsoon Asia.
(D) Rubber plantations in Malaysia were set up by Spanish and Americans.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A), (B) and (C) only
(A) The seasonal migration of people along with livestock is called transhumance. Correct. Herders move with their animals from the plains to mountain pastures in summer and back to the plains in winter; this movement is transhumance, as with the Gujjars, Bakarwals, Gaddis and Bhotiyas of the Himalayas.
(B) Shifting cultivation is known as Milpa in central America. Correct. Shifting cultivation has different names in the tropics: Jhuming in north-eastern India, Milpa in central America and Mexico and Ladang in Indonesia and Malaysia.
(C) Intensive Subsistence Agriculture is largely found in densely populated regions of monsoon Asia. Correct. Intensive subsistence agriculture is found where many people live on little land — the densely populated monsoon lands of Asia, where holdings are small and family labour works the land intensively.
(D) Rubber plantations in Malaysia were set up by Spanish and Americans. Incorrect. The British set up the rubber plantations in Malaysia, along with tea gardens in India and Sri Lanka. The Spanish and Americans invested in coconut and sugarcane plantations in the Philippines.
NCERT (2025-26): “Nomadic Herding … Movement in search of pastures is undertaken either over vast horizontal distances or vertically from one elevation to another in the mountainous regions. The process of migration from plain areas to pastures on mountains during summers and again from mountain pastures to plain areas during winters is known as transhumance.…” “Primitive Subsistence Agriculture … 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.…” “Intensive Subsistence Agriculture This type of agriculture is largely found in densely populated regions of monsoon Asia.” “Plantation Agriculture … The French established cocoa and coffee plantations in west Africa. The British set up large tea gardens in India and Sri Lanka, rubber plantations in Malaysia and sugarcane and banana plantations in West Indies.…” |