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The Green Revolution refers to an extraordinary increase in agricultural production. Identify the food grains produced in abundance.

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Wheat

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Chickpeas

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Millets

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Rice

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The correct option is D Rice
Green Revolution refers to the set of technological advancements in the field of agriculture that occurred between the 1950s and the late 1960s. It helped increase the production of food grains (especially rice and wheat) and other agricultural products. As a result, in 1967–68, the production of food grains in India increased by about 25% from the previous year.

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Q. Consider the following statements and identify the right ones.
a) Green revolution ensured that there was no regional disparity.
b) There was an increase in production of all the food grains and commercial crops.

Q. Read the following statements - Assertion (A) and Reason (R):
Assertion (A)- Green Revolution refers to the large increase in production of food grains due to use of high yielding variety (HYV) seeds.
Reason (R)- Green Revolution was implemented because the agricultural sector accounted for the largest share of the workforce with approximately 70-75 percent.

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Q. Two crops that increased India's agriculture production in the era of Green Revolution were _____.

Q. How did the Green Revolution help in the production of food grains in India?

The green revolution is a program that began in _____. It refers to the dramatic increase in agricultural productivity due to use of genetically _______varieties of seeds. _______, an American agricultural was the first to promote this program in India, Mexico and _______. During this program, high-yielding, disease-resistant varieties of wheat were introduced in India from ______ _. _______ was India's premier green revolution scientist. He bought a variety of seeds developed in ______and crossbreed them with the local varieties in India to obtain a ______variety. This variety yielded more grains than the traditional types.
His efforts in biotechnology helped to transform India from ______ prone food importers to a ______ self-sufficient nations.

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