MPSC Rajyaseva 2014 GS Paper 1 — Question 28

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Shifting cultivation Agriculture geography

जोड्या जुळवून योग्य पर्याय शोधा. स्थलांतरित शेती राज्य (a) झूम (i) छत्तीसगड (b) पोडू (ii) केरळ (c) पोणम (iii) आसाम (d) दहिया (iv) आंध्र प्रदेश Match the following and choose the correct option from those given below : Shifting Cultivation State (a) Jhum (i) Chhattisgarh (b) Podu (ii) Keral (c) Ponam (iii) Assam (d) Dahiya (iv) Andhra Pradesh

(a)झूम / Jhum : (i) छत्तीसगड / Chhattisgarh

(b)पोडू / Podu : (ii) केरळ / Keral

(c)पोणम / Ponam : (iii) आसाम / Assam

(d)दहिया / Dahiya : (iv) आंध्र प्रदेश / Andhra Pradesh

1)(iii) (i) (iv) (ii)

2)(ii) (iii) (iv) (i)

3)(iii) (iv) (ii) (i)✓ Correct

4)(iv) (ii) (i) (iii)

Shifting cultivation names match their states: Jhum in Assam (North-East), Podu in Andhra Pradesh, Ponam in Kerala, and Dahiya in Chhattisgarh.

🏛️ The Maharashtra angle

Shifting cultivation (like Kumari) is relevant to forested parts of Maharashtra as well.

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