Question

Why did the government decide to ban shifting cultivation?

• A. To grow trees for railway timber
• B. When a forest was burnt, there was danger of destroying valuable timber
• C. Difficulties for the government to calculate taxes
• D. All the above reasons

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

All the above reasons

They felt that land which was used for cultivation every few years could not grow trees for railway timber. When a forest was burnt, there was the added danger of the flames spreading and burning valuable timber. Shifting cultivation also made it harder for the government to calculate taxes. Therefore, the government decided to ban shifting cultivation.