Question

What is 'Slash and Burn'?

• A. Tribal warfare
• B. Agriculture Technique
• C. Traditional Punishment system
• D. Mode of traditional hunting

Hint:

The passage itself calls it an agricultural technique.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Step 1: Understand the question:
The question asks for the meaning of the term slash and burn as used in the passage. The author lists it among the features of the vanished world.

Step 2: Find the clue in the passage:
The author calls slash and burn an agricultural technique that was universal in the hills of Southeast Asia in that period. So the passage itself names its type.

Step 3: Recall the general meaning:
In slash and burn farming, farmers cut down plants and trees, then burn the cleared land. The ash enriches the soil and crops are grown for a few years. Then the field is left and a new patch is cleared.

Step 4: Check option (1):
Tribal warfare means fighting between tribes. Nothing in the term or in the passage links it to fighting. So option (1) is wrong.

Step 5: Check option (2):
Agriculture technique matches both the passage and the general meaning. So option (2) is correct.

Step 6: Check options (3) and (4):
A punishment system is a legal custom and hunting is a food gathering method. The passage mentions hunting separately for game and boar, not as slash and burn. So options (3) and (4) are wrong.

Final Answer:
Slash and burn is an agricultural technique, so option 2 is correct.\[ \boxed{2} \]