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UPSC Prelims 1979 · World Geography · Countries, Rivers and Resources
‘Jhum Cultivation’ is connected with
- (a) Tribal people
- (b) Delta cultivation
- (c) Dry farming
- (d) Hilly people
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Answer: (d) Hilly people
Jhum is slash-and-burn shifting cultivation of hill people in the North-East.
Why the others are wrong
(a) Tribal people practise it — but the key stresses hills.
(b) It is not delta farming.
(c) It is not dry farming.
The trap
Tribal (a) and hilly (d) overlap; the key picks hilly people.
🔒 Jhum (NE), podu (Odisha/AP), bewar (MP), kumari (Western Ghats).
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