Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below: List I [Area] A) Western Ghats B) South-east Rajasthan C) North-east India D) Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh List II [Shifting Cultivation] a) Dahiya b) Waltre c) Jhum d) Kumari

The correct answer is A: Western Ghats with Kumari (d), South-east Rajasthan with Waltre (b), North-east India with Jhum (c), and Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh with Dahiya (a).

The core concept is that shifting cultivation goes by different local names in different regions. Each name is tied to a region, so this is a matching of terms to geography.

• Kumari is the name used in the Western Ghats, so Western Ghats is matched with d.
• Waltre is the local term in south-east Rajasthan, so that area is matched with b.
• Jhum is the standard term for shifting cultivation in the north-eastern states, especially Assam and the hill states, so North-east India is matched with c.
• Dahiya is the term used in the Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh belt, so that area is matched with a.

Option B wrongly pairs Jhum with Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Option C puts Jhum in the Western Ghats, and Option D gives Jhum to the Western Ghats and Dahiya to the wrong region. Syllabus link: this sits under Indian Geography (agriculture and land use) and connects to Mains answers on tribal livelihood, forest policy and the debate on shifting cultivation.

Trap: candidates treat Jhum as a generic name for all shifting cultivation and place it in the first region they see. Learn the regional names as a set, not one word for the whole country.