Q. The chief characteristics of shifting cultivation are:
1. High dependence on manual labour
2. Low level of technology
3. Utilisation of poor soils through fallowing
4. Use of chemical fertilizers
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
1, 2 and 3
Explanation: Shifting cultivation is a type of farming where people make temporary clearance in the forest to grow food. When the soil is no longer fertile after 2 to 3 years, the shifting cultivators abandoned the field to look for another suitable plot of land. The first field is left to fallow, or rest, while the cultivators begin the cycle of activities on a new plot of land, the farmers May return to the same plot of land after 20 to 30 years.
Explanation by: Mr. Dubey
Shifting cultivation is a type of farming where people make temporary clearance in the forest to grow food. When the soil is no longer fertile after 2 to 3 years, the shifting cultivators abandoned the field to look for another suitable plot of land. The first field is left to fallow, or rest, while the cultivators begin the cycle of activities on a new plot of land, the farmers May return to the same plot of land after 20 to 30 years.