Question

What has the green revolution and white revolution led to?
A. Green revolution leads to increased food production and white revolution leads to increased milk production.
B. Green revolution leads to increased milk production and white revolution leads to increased food production.
C. Both green revolution and white revolution together lead to increased milk production.
D. All of the above

Answer 1

Hint: Dr. Norman E. Borlaug is known as the father of the Green Revolution. He developed semi-dwarf wheat varieties at the International Centre for Wheat and Maize Improvement in Mexico. These varieties also exhibited lodging resistance.

Complete step by step answer: Despite being a major contributor to the Indian economy, the absence of modern technology and dependence on monsoon for crop production are some of the major constraints that cause low crop production in India.
The Green Revolution was introduced in India in 1965 by Indian geneticist M.S. Swaminathan who is also known as the father of the green revolution in India. It included the introduction of high yield variety seeds and improved availability of fertilizers, pesticides, and weedicides. These methods increased crop production in India. The successful wheat varieties developed by Dr. Norman E. Borlaug were also introduced in India in 1966 that led to a dramatic increase in the wheat production in the country.
Dr. V. Kurien is called the Father of the White Revolution in India. White Revolution is also called Operation Flood. The program was launched in 1970 and aimed to increase milk production by the use of high milch breeds of cattle. Milch breeds give a good quantity of milk in good quality. Some of the high milch breeds used for the White Revolution were Friesian and Sahiwal. Cattles were provided with good quality food and care.
So, the correct answer is option A. Green revolution leads to increased food production and the white revolution leads to increased milk production.

Note: Sonalika and Kalyan Sona are the high yielding and disease-resistant Indian varieties of wheat while IR-8 and Taichung Native-1 are the semi-dwarf variety of rice introduced in India. From 1960 to 2000, the green revolution increased wheat production in India from 11 million tonnes to 75 million tonnes. Likewise, rice production in India was increased from 35 million tonnes to 89.5 million tonnes.