Consider the following statements about the Green Revolution:
(A) Employment and wages for agricultural workers did increase in many areas, because the demand for labour increased.
(B) Rising prices worsened the economic condition of most rural workers.
(C) A shift in payment of agricultural workers from cash to grain worsened their economic condition.
(D) In most Green Revolution areas, farmers switched from a mono-crop regime to a multi-crop system.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → A and B only
(A) Employment and wages for agricultural workers did increase in many areas, because the demand for labour increased. — Correct. The demand for labour went up, so employment and wages for agricultural workers did increase in many areas.
(B) Rising prices worsened the economic condition of most rural workers. — Correct. Rising prices were one of the two things that worsened the economic condition of most rural workers.
(C) A shift in payment of agricultural workers from cash to grain worsened their economic condition. — Incorrect. The direction is reversed. Payment shifted from kind (grain) to cash, and this worsened their condition.
(D) In most Green Revolution areas, farmers switched from a mono-crop regime to a multi-crop system. — Incorrect. The change went the other way. In most Green Revolution areas, farmers moved from a multi-crop system to a mono-crop regime.
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