Green Revolution and Its Limitations - Unsolved Practice Set
Chapter: Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production | Topic: Green Revolution and Its Limitations
GREEN REVOLUTION AND ITS LIMITATIONS - UNSOLVED PRACTICE SET
Topic: Green Revolution and Its Limitations
Multiple Choice Questions
Q1. The Green Revolution in India, starting in the late 1960s, primarily aimed to:
- Reduce agricultural production
- Dramatically increase food grain production through high-yielding varieties and modern farming techniques
- Eliminate the use of fertilisers
- Promote only traditional farming methods
Q2. Which scientist is widely credited as a key figure behind India's Green Revolution?
- C.V. Raman
- M.S. Swaminathan
- Homi Bhabha
- Salim Ali
Q3. The Green Revolution relied heavily on the use of:
- Only traditional, low-yielding crop varieties
- High-yielding variety (HYV) seeds, chemical fertilisers, irrigation, and pesticides
- No irrigation or fertiliser inputs at all
- Only organic farming methods
Q4. A commonly cited environmental limitation of the Green Revolution is:
- Improved soil fertility everywhere
- Soil degradation and depletion of groundwater due to excessive chemical and water use
- Complete elimination of pests
- No effect on biodiversity
Q5. One social criticism of the Green Revolution is that its benefits were:
- Equally distributed among all farmers and regions
- Concentrated mainly among farmers with access to resources like irrigation and capital, leading to regional and economic disparities
- Completely absent for all farmers
- Limited only to livestock farmers
Short Answer Questions
Q6. What was the main objective of the Green Revolution in India?
Q7. Name any two inputs (besides high-yielding seeds) that were central to the success of the Green Revolution.
Q8. Mention any two environmental limitations associated with the Green Revolution.
Q9. Why is it said that the benefits of the Green Revolution were not equally distributed among all Indian farmers?
Long Answer Questions
Q10. Discuss the Green Revolution in India, explaining its main achievements in terms of food grain production and the key factors that contributed to its success.
Q11. Explain the limitations of the Green Revolution, covering both environmental concerns (such as soil and water depletion) and social/economic concerns (such as unequal benefits among farmers).
APPLICATION / ANALYSIS
Q12. A region that heavily adopted Green Revolution farming practices for several decades now reports declining soil fertility and a significantly lowered groundwater table, despite continued high use of fertilisers and irrigation. Explain, using your understanding of the Green Revolution's limitations, why this decline might be occurring despite continued input use.
Q13. Two neighbouring farmers, one with access to irrigation and capital for fertilisers and HYV seeds, and another without such resources, experience very different outcomes from Green Revolution-era farming practices. Explain how this scenario illustrates one of the key criticisms of the Green Revolution regarding unequal benefits.