Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

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

Question:

Statement 1: In market-oriented cultivation, especially where a single crop is grown, a fall in prices or a bad crop can spell financial ruin for farmers.
Statement 2: In most of the Green Revolution areas, farmers have switched from a mono-crop regime to a multi-crop system.

Options:

Only statement 1 is correct.

Only statement 2 is correct.

Both the statements are correct

Both the statements are incorrect

Correct Answer:

Only statement 1 is correct.

Explanation:

In market oriented cultivation, especially where a single crop is grown, a fall in prices or a bad crop can spell financial ruin for farmers. In most of the Green Revolution areas, farmers have switched from a multi-crop system, which allowed them to spread risks, to a mono-crop regime, which means that there is nothing to fall back on in case of crop failure.