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प्रश्न
Answer the following question in one or two paragraphs
What do you understand by shifting agriculture?
उत्तर
Shifting agriculture is mainly practised by tribal people who clear a small area in the forests, scatter the seeds, leaves them to grow, depend on monsoon for water and when the land becomes infertile after some years shift themselves to a new piece of land in the forests.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Fill in the blank
______farming requires a lot of labour on a small piece of land.
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Extensive farming is practised in areas of ___population.
Match the columns
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. subsistence farming | i. aims at high yield |
| 2. intensive farming | ii. is a primitive practice |
| 3. extensive farming | iii. is done with cash crops |
| 4. shifting cultivation | iv. is practised by farmers who own small piece of land |
| 5. plantation | v. uses heavy machinery |
State whether the following is true or false
Farmers who practise subsistence farming use modern methods of irrigation.
State whether the following is true or false
Intensive farming requires very little labour to work on the farm.
State whether the following is true or false
Shifting agriculture is wasteful and harmful to forests and wildlife.
Answer the following question in brief
Why is intensive farming expensive?
Answer the following question in brief
Name the crops grown by extensive farming.
Answer the following question in brief
In which parts of India is shifting cultivation practised?
Collect the pictures of improved seeds and means of irrigation from the internet.
