Green Revolution is successful in North Western part of the country, select the reasons.
(a) Ample Rainfall
(b) Use of high yielding varieties of seeds
(c) Easily available labour
(d) More employment pressure on agriculture
(e) 85% net sown area is cultivated through irrigation
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (b) and (e) only
The Green Revolution used high yielding varieties (HYVs) of seeds. These seeds need a regular supply of water, which only a developed irrigation system can give. So the new farming worked best in Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, where most farmland is irrigated.
(a) Ample Rainfall — Incorrect. The success came from irrigation, not from rain. Even areas of ample rainfall, like West Bengal and Bihar, need irrigation when the monsoon breaks or fails.
(b) Use of high yielding varieties of seeds — Correct. HYVs were the heart of the Green Revolution. With regular water, they gave much higher yields.
(c) Easily available labour — Incorrect. The success came from HYV seeds and a developed irrigation system.
(d) More employment pressure on agriculture — Incorrect. The success came from HYV seeds and a developed irrigation system.
(e) 85% net sown area is cultivated through irrigation — Correct. In Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, more than 85 per cent of the net sown area is irrigated. This regular water let the HYVs give high yields.
Note: The same question was also asked in CUET (UG) 2023 on 20-06-2023 (Slot 1).
NCERT (2026-27): “Provision of irrigation makes multiple cropping possible. It has also been found that irrigated lands have higher agricultural productivity than unirrigated land. Further, the high yielding varieties of crops need regular moisture supply, which is made possible only by a developed irrigation systems. In fact, this is why that green revolution strategy of agriculture development in the country has largely been successful in Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh.” “In Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, more than 85 per cent of their net sown area is under irrigation.” |