Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Social Change and Development in India: Change and Development in Rural Society

Question:

Which statement among the following is incorrect regarding Green Revolution?

Options:

It was a government programme for agricultural modernisation

In it pesticides, fertilizers and other inputs were provided to the farmers

It was largely funded by national agencies which provided high yielding variety seeds

In it primarily the medium and large farmers benefitted from the new technology

Correct Answer:

It was largely funded by national agencies which provided high yielding variety seeds

Explanation:

The Green Revolution was a government programme of agricultural modernisation. It was largely funded by international agencies that was based on providing high-yielding variety(HYV) or hybrid seeds along with pesticides, fertilisers, and other inputs, to farmers. Green Revolution programmes were introduced only in areas that had assured irrigation, because sufficient water was necessary for the new seeds and methods of cultivation. It was also targeted mainly at the wheat and rice-growing areas. As a result, only certain regions such as the Punjab, western U.P., coastal Andhra Pradesh, and parts of Tamil Nadu, received the first wave of the Green Revolution package. The rapid social and economic transformations that were seen in these areas stimulated a spate of studies by social scientists, and vigorous debates about the impact of the Green Revolution.

In most of the Green Revolution areas, it was primarily the medium and large farmers who were able to benefit from the new technology.