Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?

The correct answer is Option (3) → Operation Flood – milk pooled by grade, processed and marketed through cooperatives

Under Operation Flood, farmers pool their milk by grade (quality). It is processed and sold to urban centres through cooperatives, and farmers get a fair price.

Option (1) Operation Flood – a scheme to protect villages and crops from river floods — Incorrect. Despite its name, it has nothing to do with floods. It is about milk.

Option (2) Golden Revolution – a rapid rise in milk production — Incorrect. The Golden Revolution is about horticulture. The rise in milk is the White Revolution.

Option (3) Operation Flood – milk pooled by grade, processed and marketed through cooperatives — Correct. This is how Operation Flood works.

Option (4) Rythu Bazars – milk cooperatives of Gujarat — Incorrect. Rythu Bazars are vegetable and fruit markets in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Note: The NCERT book (2026-27) names the Golden Revolution only in its exercises, and the White Revolution is not in the book. They are explained here for the benefit of students.