Question

Select the right match of hybrid variety with their country among the options given below.

Hybrid variety

Country

A	IR -8	1	India
B	Taichung Native - 1	2	Philippines
C	Sonalika and Kalyan Sona	3	Taiwan
D	Jaya and Ratna	4	Mexico

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

Answer 1

The correct option is A A - 2, B - 3, C - 4, D - 1

IR-8 is a high-yielding semi-dwarf variety of rice developed by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines, in the early 1960s.
India developed its own high-yielding, semi-dwarf varieties like Jaya and Ratna from IR-8.
Taichung Native - 1 (TN1) is a variety of rice developed in Taiwan.
Kalyan Sona and Sonalika are the high yielding, disease-resistant, semi-dwarf varieties of wheat developed in Mexico using plant breeding technology.