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Which is the highest yielding variety of wheat in India ?

Important Questions on Improvement in Food Production

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In mung bean, resistance to yellow mosaic virus and powdery mildew were induced by:
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The oil content and quality of groundnut variety were improved by plant breeding techniques. This is an example of
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Which one of the following is NOT enriched by vitamin C by IARI?

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What is green revolution? Give any two examples each of the improved varieties of wheat and rice.
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Green revolution was needed because
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Can high yielding varieties be grown without chemical fertilizers as well? How?

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Write a note on Green revolution. 
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Name four factors responsible for the improvement of a crop.
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Remarkable increase in rice production from 35 million tones to 89.5 million tones during 1960 - 2000 was mainly due to___________
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Cinnamon is obtained from
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World’s 1st high yielding variety of rice developed by :
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Cotyledons are also called-
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Yellow Revolution in India refers to growth of___________________.

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Suppose you had a farm in a drought stricken area of your state what crops would you grow and how?

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Which of the following is a powerful expectorant and antispasmodic?
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Jaya and Ratna are the varieties of which crop -
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Study the following related to uses of plants and identify the correct match for sorghum and cotton respectively.

I. Blood purification and organic fertilizer.

II. Animal feed and paper industry.

III. Vitamin-B and cosmetics.

IV. Explosives and organic fertilizer.
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Golden rice is rich in-
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Consider the following statements
1. The first Green Revolution was confined to Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh.
2. The second Green Revolution spread to other areas of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh which were not covered in the first Green Revolution.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Nobel laureate Norman E. Borlaug developed semi-dwarf variety of