Q70. Which of the following is an effect of the Green Revolution on rural India?
[DSSSB MTS, 25 July 2026, Shift 1]
- (A) It reduced agricultural employment
- (B) It widened income gaps between regions and farmers
- (C) It eliminated rural poverty completely
- (D) It equally benefited all rural households
Answer: (B) It widened income gaps between regions and farmers
Explanation: Early gains concentrated in irrigated regions and among farmers able to afford seeds, fertilisers and equipment. Consequently, agricultural growth was uneven. The programme raised food output but did not distribute its benefits equally across regions or farm-size categories.
Q69. Which of the following was NOT a feature of the Green Revolution in India?
[DSSSB Assistant Superintendent, 2 July 2026, Shift 1]
- (A) Increased use of chemical fertilisers
- (B) Expansion of irrigation infrastructure
- (C) Introduction of organic farming practices
- (D) Use of high-yielding variety seeds
Answer: (C) Introduction of organic farming practices
Explanation: The Green Revolution relied on improved seed varieties, assured irrigation, chemical fertilisers and plant protection chemicals. Organic farming seeks to minimise synthetic inputs, so its introduction was not a defining element of the original input-intensive agricultural transformation.
Q68. Which Five-Year Plan in India is most closely related to the beginning of the Green Revolution?
[DSSSB Court Attendant, 22 June 2026, Shift 1]
- (A) First Five-Year Plan (1951–1956)
- (B) Fourth Five-Year Plan (1969–1974)
- (C) Second Five-Year Plan (1956–1961)
- (D) Third Five-Year Plan (1961–1966)
Answer: (D) Third Five-Year Plan (1961–1966)
Explanation: The Third Plan prioritised agricultural self-reliance when food shortages posed a major challenge. The Green Revolution took shape in the mid-1960s and the high-yielding varieties programme expanded from 1966–67, around the transition from the Third Plan.
Q67. The first phase of the Green Revolution resulted in a massive increase in the production of ________.
[DSSSB Court Attendant, 18 June 2026, Shift 1]
- (A) Rice and wheat
- (B) Cotton and jute
- (C) Red lentil and black gram
- (D) Maize and bajra
Answer: (A) Rice and wheat
Explanation: Improved wheat varieties produced the earliest spectacular gains, followed by important increases in rice production. Assured irrigation, fertiliser application and better seeds were especially effective in the intensively cultivated plains of north-western India.
Q66. With whom did Dr Norman Borlaug play a crucial role in bringing the Green Revolution to India?
[DSSSB Court Attendant, 1 June 2026, Shift 2]
- (A) Dr K. Sivan
- (B) M. S. Swaminathan
- (C) R. Manickavasagam
- (D) U. R. Rao
Answer: (B) M. S. Swaminathan
Explanation: Indian agricultural scientist M. S. Swaminathan helped adapt and promote the high-yielding wheat technology associated with Norman Borlaug. Their work connected international breeding advances to Indian farming conditions and contributed to a rapid increase in wheat yields.
Q65. In India, high-yielding varieties of seeds of ______ were used in the Green Revolution.
[SSC GD Constable, 9 May 2026, Shift 2]
- (A) Rice and wheat
- (B) Sugarcane and tea
- (C) Jowar and bajra
- (D) Mustard and ragi
Answer: (A) Rice and wheat
Explanation: The original high-yielding varieties programme concentrated on staple cereals, notably wheat and rice. The new seeds responded strongly to irrigation and fertilisers, allowing farmers to harvest more grain per hectare than under many traditional cultivation systems.
Q64. The Green Revolution in India, initiated in the mid-1960s, primarily aimed to increase the production of which crops?
[Delhi Police Head Constable (Ministerial), 8 January 2026, Shift 3]
- (A) Cash crops such as cotton and sugarcane
- (B) Pulses and oilseeds
- (C) Wheat and rice through HYV seeds
- (D) Fruits and vegetables
Answer: (C) Wheat and rice through HYV seeds
Explanation: India faced serious shortages of staple cereals during the 1960s. High-yielding wheat and rice seeds, combined with water and fertilisers, helped raise domestic foodgrain supplies and reduce reliance on overseas shipments.
Q63. In which Indian states was the Green Revolution initially most successful?
[Delhi Police Constable (Executive), 6 January 2026, Shift 2]
- (A) Punjab and Haryana
- (B) Bihar and West Bengal
- (C) Kerala and Tamil Nadu
- (D) Gujarat and Maharashtra
Answer: (A) Punjab and Haryana
Explanation: Punjab and Haryana combined fertile alluvial plains with irrigation facilities, rural infrastructure and early adoption of high-yielding seeds. Wheat productivity increased markedly there, establishing these states as the leading centres of the initial Green Revolution.
Q62. Arrange in chronological order:
I. Garibi Hatao;
II. Nationalisation of banks;
III. Beginning of the Green Revolution.
[UPPSC LT Grade Assistant Teacher (Hindi), 6 December 2025, Shift 2]
- (A) III, II, I
- (B) II, I, III
- (C) I, II, III
- (D) III, I, II
Answer: (A) III, II, I
Explanation: The Green Revolution gathered momentum around 1966–67. The nationalisation of fourteen major banks followed in 1969, while “Garibi Hatao” became a prominent political slogan in 1971. Therefore the correct order is Green Revolution, bank nationalisation, Garibi Hatao.
Q61. The Green Revolution in India primarily aimed to address which economic problem?
[OSSSC CRE Preliminary Examination, 8 November 2025, Shift 1]
- (A) Regional imbalances
- (B) Food security through increased agricultural productivity
- (C) Landlessness among the rural poor
- (D) Price stabilisation in markets
Answer: (B) Food security through increased agricultural productivity
Explanation: The principal goal was to overcome foodgrain shortages by raising yield per hectare. Greater domestic output strengthened food security. Problems such as landlessness and regional inequality required separate reforms and were not directly solved through high-yielding seeds.