Which of the following is a wheat variety having a high protein content?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Atlas - 66
Option (1) Atlas - 66 — Correct. Of the options, only Atlas 66 is a wheat variety; NCERT names it as a high-protein donor for improving cultivated wheat. Pusa Gaurav is a variety of Brassica, Pusa Sawani of okra and Pusa Komal of cowpea.
Note 1: A similar question was also asked in CUET (UG) 2023 on 23-06-2023 (Slot 3) and on 28-05-2023 (Slot 1).
Note 2: This question is from Chapter 9, Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production, of the pre-rationalised NCERT book. This chapter is not in the present NCERT book (2026-27). The extract below is from the pre-rationalised edition.
NCERT Extract (Pre-rationalised edition, Chapter 9, Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production):
Plant Breeding for Improved Food Quality – “… In 2000, maize hybrids that had twice the amount of the amino acids, lysine and tryptophan, compared to existing maize hybrids were developed. Wheat variety, Atlas 66, having a high protein content, has been used as a donor for improving cultivated wheat. It has been possible to develop an iron-fortified rice variety containing over five times as much iron as in commonly consumed varieties.”