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 local 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:

B and E only

The correct answer is Option (1) → B and E only.

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.