The Green Revolution in India was an introduction of high yielding varieties (HYV) of seed for
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Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Wheat
The Green Revolution began in India in the mid-1960s, when high yielding varieties (HYV) of wheat, developed from the Mexican dwarf wheat of Norman Borlaug, were sown with chemical fertilisers and assured irrigation. M.S. Swaminathan led the work in India. The biggest gains came in Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, and wheat output rose so fast that India soon stopped depending on food imports. HYV rice followed later; pulses, millets and oilseeds gained little from it.