Green Revolution

Q.

Sonalika and Kalyan Sona are varieties of:

1. milet

2. tobacco

3. wheat

4. rice

Q. The sugarcane variety produced through cross between Saccharum officinarum and Saccharum barberi exhibits characters such as

1. High yield, thick stems, high sugar and ability to grow in areas of North India
2. Disease resistance, thick stems and high sugar content
3. High yield, thin elongated internodes and ability to grow in South india.
4. Pest resistance, high sugar content and thick stems

Q. Jaya and Ratna varieties of rice are derived from

1. Sonalika and TN - 1
2. IR - 8 and Kalyan Sona
3. Kalyan Sona and Sonalika
4. IR - 8 and TN - 1

Q. Select the correct option for the given statements I, II and III.
I. Rosie was the first transgenic cow who produced human protein enriched milk.
II. It was nutritionally more balanced product for human babies than natural cow milk.
III. Milk produced by transgenic cow, Rosie contains 2.4 g protein/L and alpha-lactalbumin, human protein.

1. Only statement I and II are correct
2. Statements I, II, III all are true
3. Only statement I is correct
4. Statements II and III are correct

Q.

What is selection in relation to crop variety improvement? Describe briefly two types of selection processes.

Q.

What makes sprouts more nutritious?

Q. _________ is an Indian high yielding hybrid variety of the garden pea plant.

1. IR-8
2. P 1542
3. Sonalika
4. Ratna

Q.

33 percent of India’s (Gross Domestic Product) comes from:

1. industry

2. agriculture

3. Small-scale cottage industries.

4. export

Q. (a) How are parthenocarpic fruits produced by some plants and apomictic seeds by some others? Explain.

(b) When do farmers prefer using apomictic seeds? [3]

Q. Which of the following is not true for red algae?

1. Phycoerythrin, chlorophyll a and d pigments are present
2. Floridean starch is the stored food
3. Gelidium and Gracilaria are economically important
4. Algin and carageenan are found in their cell wall

Q. Who was the pioneer of Green Revolution?

1. Dr. Norman Borlaug
2. Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
3. C.Subramanian
4. Dr. P. Maheshwari

Q.

Growing different crops in different seasons in the same field will deplete the soil of nutrients.

1. True
2. False

Q. Species of sugarcane which grow in South India and North India respectively are

1. Saccharum officinarum and Saccharum barberi
2. Saccharum officinarum and Saccharum spontaneum
3. Saccharum spontaneum and Saccharum lactis
4. Saccharum officinarum and Saccharum spontaneum

Q. Identify the set of high yielding varieties of wheat

1. Kalyan Sona and Sonalika
2. Jaya and Ratna
3. Sonalika and Jaya
4. Kalyan Sona and Ratna

Q.

“Jaya” and “Ratna” developed for green revolution in India are the varieties of

1. maize

2. rice

3. wheat

4. bajra

Q.

What do you mean by the following?

1. Green Revolution
2. White Revolution
3. Blue Revolution
4. Yellow Revolution

Q.

Which Country Is Known As Rice Bowl Of The World?

Q. Which of the following is a high-yielding semi-dwarf variety of rice developed during the Green Revolution?

1. Ratna
2. Kalyan Sona
3. Sonalika
4. Sharbati Sonora

Q. Green revolution in India started with

1. Import of high yielding, disease resistant varieties of wheat from Mexico and cultivation in India
2. Import of high yielding, disease resistant varieties of rice from Mexico and cultivation in India
3. Development and improvement of HYVs by Indian geneticists
4. Export of HYVs to foreign countries

Q. Integrated organic farming is considered as a zero waste process because

1. the wastes generated are burnt and reduced to ashes
2. the farming practices used do not generate any wastes at all
3. wastes generated by one process is used as raw material for another process
4. wastes are buried in the ground to avoid accumulation

Q. Match the columns:

	Column-I		Column-II
A	White revolution	1	Increase in fish production
B	Green revolution	2	Increase in milk production
C	Blue revolution	3	Increase in crop production

1. A-1, B-2, C-3
2. A-2, B-3, C-1
3. A-3, B-2, C-1
4. A-1, B-3, C-2

Q. Which of the following wheat varieties were developed in India?

1. IR-8
2. Sonalika
3. Kalyan Sona
4. Taichung Native-1

Q. Which of the following is a semi dwarf rice variety created by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines?

1. IR-7
2. IR-9
3. IR-8
4. IR-5

Q. IR–8 and TN–1 were developed at

1. International rice research Institute and central rice research institute
2. Philippines and Taiwan
3. IARI and ICAR
4. ICRISAT and CSIR

Q.

Find out from internet what is golden rice.

Q. Read the following statements (A - D) regarding the green revolution in India. Mark the statements as True (T) or False (F).

A. Wheat production increased from 10 million tonnes to 65 million tonnes

B. Rice production increased from 35 million tonnes to 89.5 million tonnes

C. Wheat and rice production increased due to the introduction of semi-dwarf varieties

D. Sonalika and Kalyan Sona were the semi dwarf wheat varieties introduced, while Jaya and Ratna were the semi-dwarf rice varieties introduced in India

1. A - F, B - T, C - T and D - T
2. A - T, B - F, C - F and D - T
3. A - F, B - F, C - T and D - T
4. A - T, B - T, C - F and D - T

Q. Which among the following is/are the advantage(s) of high yielding variety of seeds?

1. They a have a shorter life cycle
2. The yield per area is significantly high
3. They have a longer life cycle
4. The yield per area is significantly low

Q. The Scientist who helped in Green Revolution in India

1. Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
2. Watson and Crick
3. Gottlieb Haberlandt
4. Dr. Norman Borlaug

Q. Green Revolution techniques increased soil and water pollution.

1. True
2. False

Q. Who was the pioneer of Green Revolution?

1. Dr. Norman Borlaug
2. Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
3. C.Subramanian
4. Dr. P. Maheshwari