Green revolution

In which year was the Green Revolution started ?

• 1977

• 1978

• 1965

• 1980

who is father of green revolution ?

• Chidambaram Subramaniam

• M.S. Swaminathan

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Kurien

Advantages of green revolution

• it increases the production of the crops

• The usage of a high quantity of pesticides and insecticides affects the plants

• it explains the modern farming method ,example, irrigation method,

• In order to protect crops from different types of disease caused by pest as well as the damages caused by insects, the farmers started using pesticides and insecticides at a high amount.

what was green revolution based on ?

• crop production

• planting of trees

• introduction of new plant varieteis

disadvantages of green revolution

• it increases the production of the crops

• In order to protect crops from different types of disease caused by pest as well as the damages caused by insects, the farmers started using pesticides and insecticides at a high amount.

• As the water and soil from the farming land are ruined either due to rain or flood, all the toxic content of pesticides and other chemicals present in the soil gets mixed with the nearby water source it leads to the death of aquatic organisms, mostly fish.

what is 'HYV'

• higher yield varitiy

• high yielding crops

• higher yielding variety

According to a survey in India 80% of the small farmers cultivate only 36% of the cultivated area

• True

• False

Distribution Land between farmers:

What does the survey show ?

• shows that there is inequality in the distribution of cultivated area.

• shows that there is equality in the distribution of cultivated area.

• none of them