A western U.P. farmer recalls the 1960s scheme that brought hybrid se…

A western U.P. farmer recalls the 1960s scheme that brought hybrid seeds to his village. Which statements about it are correct?

(A) It was a government programme of agricultural modernisation.
(B) It was largely funded by national cooperative agencies.
(C) It mainly targeted wheat and rice-growing areas.
(D) West Bengal and Kerala got its first wave.
(E) Coastal Andhra Pradesh and parts of Tamil Nadu got its first wave.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → A, C and E only

(A) It was a government programme of agricultural modernisation. — Correct. The Green Revolution was run by the government to modernise farming with new seeds, fertilisers and pesticides.

(B) It was largely funded by national cooperative agencies. — Incorrect. The programme was largely funded by international agencies. National cooperative bodies were not its main source of money.

(C) It mainly targeted wheat and rice-growing areas. — Correct. It needed assured irrigation and suited certain crops, so it was aimed mainly at wheat and rice-growing areas.

(D) West Bengal and Kerala got its first wave. — Incorrect. West Bengal and Kerala are known for land reforms that gave land rights to tenants. They were not part of the first wave of the Green Revolution.

(E) Coastal Andhra Pradesh and parts of Tamil Nadu got its first wave. — Correct. The first wave reached only a few irrigated regions: Punjab, western U.P., coastal Andhra Pradesh and parts of Tamil Nadu.

NCERT (2026-27): “4.3 The Green Revolution and its Social Consequences
We saw that land reforms have had only a limited impact on rural society and the agrarian structure in most regions. In contrast the Green Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s brought about significant changes in the areas where it took place. The Green Revolution, as you know, 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. …”