Match List I with List II
| LIST I | LIST II | ||
| Shifting cultivation | Country/Region | ||
| (A) | Jhuming | (I) | Central America |
| (B) | Milpa | (II) | North-Eastern States of India |
| (C) | Ladang | (III) | Sri Lanka |
| (D) | Chena | (IV) | Indonesia |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III
(A) Jhuming — this matches (II) North-Eastern States of India.
(B) Milpa — this matches (I) Central America. Milpa is practised in Central America and Mexico.
(C) Ladang — this matches (IV) Indonesia. Ladang is practised in Indonesia and Malaysia.
(D) Chena — this matches (III) Sri Lanka.
Note: The book gives only three local names of shifting cultivation, and the paper asked for four. Learn those three well, and the last pair is the one left over.
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.” |