626. _________ is a practice of clearing and burning the forest area for cultivation of crops for 3-4 years and shifting.

A. Jhum cultivation
B. Horticulture
C. Taungya cultivation
D. Agrisilviculture
✅ The correct answer is option A.
In India, the practice of clearing and burning the forest area for cultivation is known as jhum or jhoom. Slash-and-burn can be part of shifting cultivation, an agricultural system in which farmers routinely move from one cultivable area to another.

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