'Podu' is the local name of shifting cultivation in which states?
- A.Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh
- B.Andhra Pradesh and Odisha
- C.Kerala and Karnataka
- D.Jharkhand and Bihar
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, where the hill communities of the Eastern Ghats call shifting cultivation podu. A is wrong because in Madhya Pradesh the same practice carries the names bewar, dahiya and penda, and in the Bastar region it is called dipa. C is wrong because in Kerala and the Western Ghats it is known as kumari, sometimes written kumri in Karnataka. D is wrong because in Jharkhand the local name is kuruwa. The number of names is itself the reason examiners like this topic: the practice is the same everywhere, but each forest tract has its own word for it, and a single question can test any one of the pairs. North-east India's name for it, jhum, is the one most often asked.
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Practice Questions
View allThe branch of horticulture which deals with the production, storage, processing and marketing of vegetables is called ______.
- A.olericulture
- B.agronomy
- C.pomology
- D.apiculture
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Olericulture is the branch of horticulture that deals with vegetables, covering their production in the field, their storage, their processing and their marketing, and it is the branch on which market gardening and truck farming rest.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following comes in the category of plantation crop?
- A.Potato
- B.Cucumber
- C.Coffee
- D.Millet
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A plantation crop is a single cash crop grown on a large estate with heavy capital, hired labour and processing of the produce on or near the estate, and coffee, grown in the hills of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, is a classic example along with tea, rubber and sugarcane.
Read the full explanation →Shifting cultivation is known as 'Milpa' in which of the following regions?
- A.Indonesia and Malaysia
- B.Mexico and Central America
- C.Brazil
- D.Sri Lanka
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Milpa is the local name given to the slash-and-burn system of the Mexican and Central American forests, where maize, beans and squash are grown together on a burnt forest clearing for a few seasons.
Read the full explanation →Jhum cultivation is practised mainly in which part of India?
- A.The north-eastern states
- B.The Punjab plains
- C.The Thar desert
- D.The Deccan lava plateau
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Jhum, also written jhoom, is the local name of shifting cultivation in Assam and the hill states of the north-east, where a forest patch on a slope is cleared, burnt and cropped for two or three years before being left fallow.
Read the full explanation →'Ladang' is the term for shifting cultivation in
- A.Vietnam
- B.Myanmar
- C.Indonesia and Malaysia
- D.Venezuela
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The correct answer is C, Indonesia and Malaysia, where the forest clearings of the equatorial islands are called ladang and are cropped with dry rice, maize and root crops for a few seasons.
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