Who was nicknamed the 'Milkman of India'?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Verghese Kurien
Verghese Kurien, nicknamed the ‘Milkman of India’, played the leading role in the Amul dairy cooperative, which spurred what came to be known as the White Revolution.
Note 1: The box on Amul and the White Revolution in the chapter ‘Politics of Planned Development’ was there in the pre-rationalised NCERT; this portion has been deleted from subsequent editions of NCERT, including the NCERT book (2026-27), though the chapter is still there. Exercise 4 of the chapter in the later books (2023-24, 2025-26 and 2026-27) still matches Verghese Kurien with Milk Cooperatives.
Note 2: A same/similar question was asked in CUET (UG) in the papers below.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
| – | – | 18-05 S1* | 28-05 S1* 06-06 S3* 14-06 S2* 18-06 S2 | 15-07 S2* |
* A similar question.
NCERT (2026-27): Politics in India since Independence — Chapter 3: Politics of Planned Development, Exercises, question 4 (the same exercise is in the 2023-24 and 2025-26 books; the book prints no answer)
NCERT (Pre-rationalised): Politics in India since Independence — Chapter 3: Politics of Planned Development, box on Amul and the White Revolution
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