Green Revolution

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What is green Revolution? Please give me answer in a short paragraph.

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What are the various technological and institutional reforms which led to the Green and White Revolution in India?

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What is meant by HYV?

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Give full forms of HYV.

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High Yielding Variety (HYV) seeds are developed in

1. Research institutes

2. Factories

3. Krishak Bharati Cooperatives

4. None of the above

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The best way to increase the yield of wheat in India is

1. to sow seeds of improved varieties

2. to use tractors

3. to reduce the quantity of ration consumers

4. to remove weeds from wheat fields

Q. HYV seeds stand for __________.

1. Heavy yielding variety seeds
2. High yielding variety seeds
3. Half yielding variety seeds
4. None of these

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Kalyan Sona Is -

Q. The Green Revolution in India was started to bring reform in ______.

1. Agriculture sector
2. Industrial sector
3. Manufacturing
4. Transportation.

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A majority of India's population is directly dependent upon agriculture.

1. False

2. True

Q. Which of the following is a modern farming method?

1. Multiple cropping
2. Use of HYV seeds
3. Use of chemical fertilisers
4. Both (b) and (c)

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24. State whether the following statement is true or false.
“D.D.T. is an important fertilizer”.

1. True
2. False

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which among the following is known as the father of green revolution in India

1. Both A and R are true and R explains A
2. Both A and R are true but R does not explain A
3. A is true and R is false
4. Both A and R are false

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Father of green revolution in India is:

1. Pavlov

2. M.S Swaminathan

3. Borlaug

4. Rahman Khan

Q. Very Short Answer Types :
For what purpose, fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) technique is used in recent times?

Q. The Father of green revolution in India is

1. Verghese Kurien
2. Karl Landsteiner
3. M.S. Swaminathan
4. Haberlandt

Q. Green Revolution in India is aimed at

1. Planting of more trees to sustain the environment
2. Use of HYVs to meet the yield requirements
3. Bring more arable land under cultivation
4. Use of advanced agricultural practices for raising crops

Q. Traditional fertilizer used in India is ________.

1. Chemical fertilizer
2. Cow dung
3. Manure
4. Regular fertilizer

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Among the given options, which one is not correct about the use of large amount of fertilizers and pesticides?

1. they adversely affect the useful component of the soil

2. they turn the fields barren after some time

3. they are eco-friendly

4. they destroy the soil fertility

Q. A farmer has been using excess quantities of chemical fertilizer in fields for a number of years.The crop yield began to reduce in spite of using chemical fertilizers.Which of the following statements are true?
a) The soil has become more acidic
b) The soil has become more alkaline
c) The yield can be improved by adding slaked lime to the soil.
d) The yield can be improved by adding some organic matter.
e) The yield can be improved by adding common salt.

1. A and E
2. B and D
3. B and E
4. A and C

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Which of the following helps in the 'greening process' of crops?

1. Sunshine
2. Phosphatic fertilizers
3. Nitrogenous fertilezers
4. Potassic fertilizers

Q. GMO technology is useful for ______________.

1. Making crops more tolerant to abiotic stresses
2. Helping to reduce post-harvest losses
3. Enhancing nutritional value of food
4. All of the above

Q. urea is a very important nitrogenous fertilizer.Its formlais CON2H4.Calculate the percentage of nitrogen in urea.(C=12, O=1, N=14 and H=1)

Q. What are the steps undertaken before release of a crop for public use?

1. Growing the cultivars in fields and checking their performance
2. Growing the cultivars in farmers' fields under different agro-climatic zones
3. Multiplication of seeds of the selected cultivar
4. Comparison of the new cultivar with other existing cultivars
5. Only A and D

Q. Which of the following is/are correct about 'second green revolution' in India - select your answer using the code given below:
1. Replacing the chemical inputs of farming by organic inputs
2. Sustainable and judicious use of the water, soil and other resources of farming
3.Using bio-technological knowledge for the purposes of enhancing productivity

1. 2 and 3
2. 1, 2 and 3
3. 1 and 2
4. 1 and 3

Q. Green revolution refers to______________

1. Maintaining soil fertility
2. Use of green plants for covering the earth
3. Development of new crop varieties which helped to overcome hunger
4. Growing green plants to establish balance of nature

Q. The term heterosis means

1. Appearance of spontaneous mutations
2. Inducing mutations
3. Mix of two or more traits
4. Superiority of hybrids over their parents