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Agriculture · Q368

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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 368

Q368

Green Revolution in India occurred during

A.
1950
B.
1960
Answer
C.
1980
D.
1990

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Green Revolution in India occurred in 1960.
The Green Revolution in India was initiated in the 1960s by introducing high-yielding varieties of rice and wheat to increase food production to alleviate hunger and poverty.
It was a period that began in the 1960s during which agriculture in India was converted into a modern industrial system by the adoption of technology, such as the use of high-yielding variety (HYV) seeds, mechanized farm tools, irrigation facilities, pesticides and fertilizers.