Identify the correct points about the aim to increase food grains immediately after Independence:
(A) Promote exports of foodgrains
(B) Shift from cash crops to food crops
(C) Intensify cropping over already cultivated land
(D) Increasing cultivable area by bringing cultivable and fallow land under plough
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (B), (C), (D) only
(A) Promote exports of foodgrains — False. Exports were not part of the plan. The aim was to grow more foodgrains at home, and in the mid-1960s foodgrains even had to be imported.
(B) Shift from cash crops to food crops — True. This was step (i): switching over from cash crops to food crops.
(C) Intensify cropping over already cultivated land — True. This was step (ii): intensification of cropping over already cultivated land.
(D) Increasing cultivable area by bringing cultivable and fallow land under plough — True. This was step (iii): bringing cultivable and fallow land under plough.
NCERT (2026-27): “After Independence, the immediate goal of the Government was to increase foodgrains production by (i) switching over from cash crops to food crops; (ii) intensification of cropping over already cultivated land; and (iii) increasing cultivated area by bringing cultivable and fallow land under plough.” “But two consecutive droughts during mid-1960s resulted in food crisis in the country. Consequently, foodgrains were imported from other countries.” |