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Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists: List I (Name of Shifting Cultivation) A. Roca B. Chena C. Masole D. Tamrai List II (Country) 1. Sri Lanka 2. Thailand 3. Brazil 4. Zaire Code:
Explanation
Shifting cultivation, a primitive form of subsistence agriculture, is known by various regional names globally. Roca is the term used for this practice in Brazil [6]. Chena is the traditional name for shifting cultivation in Sri Lanka [6]. Masole is practiced in the Congo Basin and Zaire (Central Africa) [6]. Tamrai is the specific name used in Thailand [6]. Matching these pairs: A-3 (Roca-Brazil), B-1 (Chena-Sri Lanka), C-4 (Masole-Zaire), and D-2 (Tamrai-Thailand). This corresponds to the sequence 3, 1, 4, 2. The practice involves clearing forest patches by slashing and burning vegetation to enrich the soil with potash before planting crops [5]. Once soil fertility declines, usually after a few years, the farmers move to a new plot, allowing the previous land to fallow and regenerate naturally [5].
Sources
- [4] NCERT. (2022). Contemporary India II: Textbook in Geography for Class X (Revised ed.). NCERT. > Chapter 4: The Age of Industrialisation > Can you name some such types of farmings? > p. 79
- [6] https://www.kngac.ac.in/elearning-portal/ec/admin/contents/2_18KP3GELG4_2020112104473533.pdf
- [2] Physical Geography by PMF IAS, Manjunath Thamminidi, PMF IAS (1st ed.) > Chapter 30: Climatic Regions > Shifting Cultivation > p. 435
- [3] Certificate Physical and Human Geography , GC Leong (Oxford University press 3rd ed.) > Chapter 16: The Tropical Monsoon and Tropical Marine Climate > Agricultural Development in the Monsoon Lands > p. 163
- [1] Indian Economy, Nitin Singhania .(ed 2nd 2021-22) > Chapter 9: Agriculture > JHUM/SHIFTING CULTIVATION > p. 309
- [5] FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, CLASS XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 4: Primary Activities > Primitive Subsistence Agriculture > p. 27