Previous Year Question
Which of the following states was chosen as a starting region for the Green Revolution in India?
Correct Answer: A
Detailed Solution
Among the given options, Punjab is the correct answer. Punjab played a pioneering role in India's Green Revolution and was one of the major regions that adopted the new agricultural technologies on a large scale during the 1960s. The official Punjab Development Commission also describes the state as having played a pioneering role in India's Green Revolution.
The first phase of the Green Revolution required HYV seeds together with assured irrigation, fertilisers and pesticides. According to NCERT, during the first phase, approximately from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s, HYV technology was concentrated mainly in relatively prosperous and irrigated states such as Punjab; NCERT specifically mentions Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu in this phase.