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The Green Revolution in India of the late 1960s is best associated with which of the following combinations?
The Green Revolution combined high-yielding variety seeds, assured irrigation and chemical fertilisers, with price support, to raise output mainly of wheat and rice. It did not involve collective farming, pulses-led growth or the end of the Public Distribution System.
- ANationalisation of farmland and collective farming
- BHigh-yielding variety seeds, irrigation and fertiliser use, mainly in wheat and riceCorrect
- CLarge-scale expansion of pulses and oilseeds through import substitution
- DAbolition of the Public Distribution System
Explanation
The Green Revolution raised foodgrain output, especially wheat and rice in Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, through HYV seeds, assured irrigation, fertilisers and price support. It did not involve collective farming, and pulses and oilseeds benefited far less.
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