Green Revolution

What did the ‘Green Revolution’ actually revolutionize?

• Business Culture

• Tissue Culture

• Agriculture

• Tradition and culture

When and where did the ‘Green Revolution’ start?

• 1950, Mexico

  
  

• 1980, Egypt

  
  

• 1990, India

  
  

• 2000, Philippines

Who is credited as “Father of the Green Revolution” for his genetically-tested hybrid wheat plant that not only resisted fungus and disease but also provided high yields, saving a billion lives from starvation?

• Norman Borlaug

  
  

• Indira Gandhi

  
  

• Jawaharlal Nehru

  
  

• M. S. Swaminathan

Who coined the term "Green Revolution"?

• Muhammad Ali Jinnah

• Mahatma Gandhi

• William Gaud

• Norman Borlaug

Who founded the Green Revolution in India with his high-yielding variety (HYV) of wheat and rice, after which it was implemented by the Government of India in its fourth "Five-Year Plan" (1969–1974) when Indira Gandhi was Prime Minister?

• Norman Borlaug

  
  

• William Gaud

  
  

• Lal Bahadur Shastri

  
  

• M. S. Swaminathan

An outstanding achievement made by Norman Borlaug’s ‘Green Revolution’ was making enough __________ available when the Earth’s human population crossed 3 billion people in 1973.

• Televisions

• Food

• Refrigerators

• Automobiles

Which of the following crop is not part of High - Yielding Varieties Programme?

• Rice

• Wheat

• Jowar

• Pulses

Which of the following was a part of the green revolution strategy?

• High yielding variety seeds

• Chemical fertilizers and pesticides

• Irrigation

• All the above