Question

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Consider the following statements related to the green revolution.
1. Green revolution ensured that there was no regional disparity
2. There was increase in production of all the food grains and commercial crops.
Which of the following is/are correct statement (s)?

• A. 1 only
• B. 2 only
• C. Both 1 and 2
• D. Neither 1 nor 2

Answer 1

The correct option is D Neither 1 nor 2

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Demerits of Green Revolution:
1. Narrow crop coverage as it was limited to Wheat revolution.
2. Narrow spread as it was experimented only in Punjab, Haryana and Western UP where prerequisites to such method of farming existed.
This resulted in large inter regional disparities, interpersonal inequalities and many adverse social consequences such as transforming of tenants and sharecroppers to agricultural laborers, accidents through machinery etc.