Match List-I with List-II
| List-I | List-II | ||
| Seed/Variety | Country/Crop | ||
| (A) | High Yield Wheat | (I) | Coffee |
| (B) | High Yield Rice | (II) | Cotton |
| (C) | Robusta | (III) | Mexico |
| (D) | Narma | (IV) | Philippines |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)
(A) High Yield Wheat — this matches (III) Mexico. India got the new high yielding seed varieties of wheat from Mexico in the mid-1960s.
(B) High Yield Rice — this matches (IV) Philippines. The high yielding seed varieties of rice came from the Philippines.
(C) Robusta — this matches (I) Coffee. Arabica, robusta and liberica are the three varieties of coffee.
(D) Narma — this matches (II) Cotton. Narma is the long staple (American) cotton grown in north-western India.
Note 1: The given answer is as per the official NTA Answer Key. The book does not say in clear words that the high yielding seeds of wheat came from Mexico and those of rice from the Philippines. It only gives the countries in brackets, “wheat (Mexico) and rice (Philippines)”, which shows where these seeds came from.
Note 2: Mexico and the Philippines sit only in two small brackets in one line, yet they gave two of the four pairs. Read the words inside brackets too.
NCERT (2026-27): “New seed varieties of wheat (Mexico) and rice (Philippines) known as high yielding varieties (HYVs) were available for cultivation by mid-1960s.” “Coffee … Coffee is a tropical plantation crop. Its seeds are roasted, ground and are used for preparing a beverage. There are three varieties of coffee i.e. arabica, robusta and liberica.” “Cotton … Cotton is a tropical crop grown in kharif season in semi-arid areas of the country. India lost a large proportion of cotton growing area to Pakistan during partition. However, its acreage has increased considerably during the last 50 years. India grows both short staple (Indian) cotton as well as long staple (American) cotton called ‘narma’ in north-western parts of the country.” |