Q20. The Green Revolution mainly targeted which crops?
[Delhi Police Constable (Executive), 21 November 2023, Shift 1]
- (A) Millet and rice
- (B) Wheat and rice
- (C) Barley and millet
- (D) Wheat and millet
Answer: (B) Wheat and rice
Explanation: Wheat and rice were the two main foodgrains targeted by the modern seed-and-input package. Wheat led the earliest productivity surge, while rice also benefited from high-yielding varieties and the expansion of irrigated cultivation.
Q19. The Green Revolution commenced under which Prime Minister of India?
[Delhi Police Constable (Executive), 17 November 2023, Shift 1]
- (A) Gulzarilal Nanda
- (B) Charan Singh
- (C) Morarji Desai
- (D) Lal Bahadur Shastri
Answer: (D) Lal Bahadur Shastri
Explanation: The Green Revolution began taking shape in the mid-1960s, overlapping with Lal Bahadur Shastri’s tenure. His emphasis on food security and the slogan “Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan” accompanied efforts to strengthen Indian farming.
Q18. The Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India scheme was implemented in how many eastern states or regions?
[Delhi Police Constable (Executive), 15 November 2023, Shift 1]
- (A) Four
- (B) Seven
- (C) Three
- (D) Six
Answer: (B) Seven
Explanation: The BGREI initiative initially covered seven eastern states or regions: Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, eastern Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. It sought to raise productivity in rice-based systems that had benefited less from the original programme.
Q17. Norman Borlaug, the Father of the Green Revolution worldwide, belonged to which country?
[Delhi Police Constable (Executive), 15 November 2023, Shift 1]
- (A) United States
- (B) New Zealand
- (C) Australia
- (D) Germany
Answer: (A) United States
Explanation: Norman Borlaug was an American agronomist recognised for high-yielding, disease-resistant wheat research and its global impact. His work contributed to foodgrain advances in Mexico, India and Pakistan. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970.
Q16. Which traditional input was increasingly replaced by modern inputs during the Green Revolution?
[Delhi Police Constable (Executive), 14 November 2023, Shift 3]
- (A) Inorganic manures
- (B) Government-supplied seeds
- (C) Groundwater irrigation
- (D) Organic manures
Answer: (D) Organic manures
Explanation: Green Revolution farming greatly expanded the use of manufactured fertilisers to support high-yielding crops. Organic manures were not universally eliminated, but synthetic nutrients increasingly supplemented or displaced traditional manure in intensive cereal cultivation.
Q15. Which period best defines the first Green Revolution in India?
[SSC JE Electrical Paper-I, 11 October 2023, Shift 3]
- (A) Mid-1960s to early 1980s
- (B) Mid-1990s to early 2010s
- (C) Mid-1980s to early 1990s
- (D) Mid-1950s to early 1960s
Answer: (A) Mid-1960s to early 1980s
Explanation: The broad transformation began in the mid-1960s and expanded over subsequent decades. Early successes were concentrated in irrigated wheat areas, with a wider diffusion of high-yielding varieties and related farming technology later.
Q14. Which statements about the Green Revolution are correct? I. It began in the 1960s. II. HYV seeds contributed to its success. III. Extensive use of cattle was central.
[SSC CPO Paper-I, 5 October 2023, Shift 3]
- (A) Only II and III
- (B) Only I and II
- (C) Only I
- (D) Only II
Answer: (B) Only I and II
Explanation: The Green Revolution began in India during the 1960s and depended heavily on high-yielding seeds. Its chief supporting inputs were irrigation, fertilisers and machinery; extensive use of cattle was not the defining technological innovation.
Q13. Which statement about the Green Revolution is INCORRECT?
[SSC CPO Paper-I, 5 October 2023, Shift 2]
- (A) It received international funding support
- (B) It was introduced in rain-fed areas
- (C) It targeted wheat- and rice-growing areas
- (D) It was a government programme of agricultural modernisation
Answer: (B) It was introduced in rain-fed areas
Explanation: Initial Green Revolution technology performed best where irrigation was assured, not in rain-fed areas. Public programmes and international assistance helped promote modern seeds and farm inputs in suitable cereal-growing districts.
Q12. Which statement is NOT true about the Green Revolution?
[SSC CHSL Tier-I, 14 August 2023, Shift 3]
- (A) It received international support
- (B) It was a private-sector agricultural modernisation programme
- (C) It targeted wheat- and rice-growing areas
- (D) It initially emphasised assured-irrigation areas
Answer: (B) It was a private-sector agricultural modernisation programme
Explanation: India’s Green Revolution was supported by public agricultural policy, research institutions and international agencies. It was not simply a private-sector programme. Initial efforts focused on irrigated wheat and rice regions where high-yielding seeds could succeed.
Q11. Which statement about the second phase of the Green Revolution is correct?
[SSC CHSL Tier-I, 3 August 2023, Shift 1]
- (A) It covered the 1980s
- (B) It was confined to the first irrigated districts
- (C) It covered only the 1960s and 1970s
- (D) It was restricted to Punjab and Uttar Pradesh
Answer: (A) It covered the 1980s
Explanation: Textbook accounts describe a second phase of wider diffusion during the late 1970s and 1980s. HYV technology spread beyond early north-western centres into more states, allowing a broader share of agriculture to benefit.
