Question

11. Read the following extract and answer the following questions,
The green revolution in the late 1960s introduced the Indian farmer to cultivation of wheat and rice
using high yielding varieties of seeds. Compared to the traditional seeds the Hyv seeds promised to
produce much greater amounts of grain on a single plant. As a result, the same piece of land would
now produce far larger quantities of food grains than was possible earlier. HYV seeds however,
needed plenty of water and also chemical fertilizers and pesticides to produce best results. Higher
yields were possible only from a combination of HYV Seeds. Irrigation, chemical fertilizers,
pesticides etc.
A) What does HYV stand for?
B) Write down the names of the crops that were promoted by Green Revolution.
C) Name any two States which were benefited from the Green Revolution
D) Define yield.​

Answer 1

Answer:

A) What does HYV stand for?

Ans.High Yielding Variety.

B) Write down the names of the crops that were promoted by Green Revolution.

Ans.Wheat and rice are the crops that were promoted by Green Revolution.

C) Name any two States which were benefited from the Green Revolution.

Ans.Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar had derived the maximum benefit from Green Revolution. 

D) Define yield.

Ans.Yield, submit, surrender mean to give way or give up to someone or something. To yield is to concede under some degree of pressure, but not necessarily to surrender totally: to yield ground to an enemy.

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