The dwarf high yielding wheat varieties that began the Green Revolution in India were first bred in which country?
- A.Mexico
- B.Japan
- C.Australia
- D.Soviet Union
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Mexico. The dwarf wheat varieties Lerma Rojo and Sonora 64 were bred in Mexico at the research programme where Norman Borlaug worked, and seed of these varieties was imported into India in the mid nineteen sixties. Indian breeders then developed Kalyan Sona and Sonalika from that material for local conditions. A dwarf plant does not lodge, that is fall over, when it is heavily fertilised, so it converts fertiliser into grain instead of straw.
Option B, Japan, is relevant only in the background, because the dwarfing gene traces back to a Japanese variety, but the Green Revolution wheat itself came from Mexico. Option C, Australia, and Option D, the Soviet Union, had no part in supplying these varieties. For the exam, hold the chain together: Mexico, Borlaug, Lerma Rojo and Sonora 64, then Kalyan Sona and Sonalika in India.
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Practice Questions
View allHaryana came into existence as a separate state on which date?
- A.1 November 1956
- B.1 November 1966
- C.1 April 1966
- D.15 August 1966
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Haryana was carved out of the Hindi speaking districts of the former state of Punjab on that day, and the date is observed every year as Haryana Day.
Read the full explanation →Who is known as the father of the Green Revolution in India?
- A.Verghese Kurien
- B.M. S. Swaminathan
- C.Norman Borlaug
- D.C. Subramaniam
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He was the geneticist who brought the Mexican dwarf wheat to India, worked with Indian breeders to adapt it, and persuaded the government and the farmers to take it up, so he is called the father of the Green Revolution in India.
Read the full explanation →Which crop led the first phase of the Green Revolution in India?
- A.Rice
- B.Wheat
- C.Cotton
- D.Sugarcane
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The first high yielding varieties available to Indian farmers were dwarf wheats, and they were planted in the irrigated north western plains where water and fertiliser could be supplied on time.
Read the full explanation →Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, one of the largest agricultural universities in Asia, is located at which place?
- A.Karnal
- B.Hisar
- C.Rohtak
- D.Kurukshetra
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The agricultural university of Haryana was set up at Hisar soon after the state was formed and was later named after Chaudhary Charan Singh.
Read the full explanation →The National Dairy Research Institute of India is located in which city of Haryana?
- A.Hisar
- B.Karnal
- C.Panipat
- D.Ambala
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The National Dairy Research Institute, a deemed university under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, has its main campus at Karnal and works on dairy cattle and buffalo breeding, milk processing and dairy technology.
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