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Multiple choice zoology soil pollution pollution of soil degradation of land damaging the forests

Shifting cultivation practised in India is called

  1. Sawani

  2. Jhum

  3. Harhi

  4. All the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Shifting cultivation, also known as the slash and burn agriculture (or Jhum cultivation), is the process of growing crops by first clearing the land of trees and vegetation and burning them thereafter. The burnt soil contains potash which increases the nutrient content of the soil. This burnt land is left for 5-8 years, so as to give the soil the time to regain its fertility . It was practised by the nomads in the north- eastern states of India .

So, the correct answer is 'Jhum'

Multiple choice zoology soil pollution pollution of soil degradation of land damaging the forests

Taungya is

  1. A method of shifting cultivation

  2. Type of agroforestry practice

  3. Protection forestry

  4. Both A and B
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Taungya is a system whereby villagers & sometimes forest plantation workers are given the right to cultivate agricultural crops during the early stages of forest plantation establishment 

So, the correct answer is 'Both A and B'