Previous Year Question
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below the lists.
List-I (Person) | List-II (Concerned with) |
A. M. S. Swaminathan | 1. Social control on Banks |
B. L. K. Jha | 2. Milk Production |
C. Verghese Kurien | 3. Green Revolution |
D. Morarji Desai | 4. Economic Administration Reforms |
Code:
A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3
A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1
A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1
A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2
Correct Answer: C
Detailed Solution
A. M. S. Swaminathan — Green Revolution (3). The renowned agricultural scientist M. S. Swaminathan is regarded as the Father of India's Green Revolution. During the 1960s, he played an important role in promoting high-yielding dwarf varieties of wheat in collaboration with Norman Borlaug. The Green Revolution increased foodgrain production through improved seeds, chemical fertilisers, irrigation, and modern agricultural techniques. Its initial impact was particularly visible in Punjab, Haryana, and western Uttar Pradesh.
B. L. K. Jha — Economic Administration Reforms (4). Lakshmi Kant Jha was an Indian economist and senior administrator. He served as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 1967 to 1970. He also chaired the Economic Administration Reforms Commission, constituted in 1981. The Commission aimed to recommend measures for improving economic decision-making, government procedures, and administrative efficiency.
C. Verghese Kurien — Milk Production (2). Verghese Kurien is known as the Father of India's White Revolution. He played a significant role in expanding the cooperative dairy production model developed at Anand, Gujarat, to the national level. Under his leadership, the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) launched Operation Flood in 1970. Its objectives included increasing milk production, connecting producers with markets, and improving the incomes of rural dairy farmers.
D. Morarji Desai — Social Control over Banks (1). Morarji Desai, serving as Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, advanced the policy of Social Control over Commercial Banks during 1967–68. Its objective was to redirect bank credit towards agriculture, small industries, and other priority sectors rather than allowing lending to remain concentrated among large industrial houses. This arrangement preceded the nationalisation of 14 major commercial banks on 19 July 1969. Morarji Desai was no longer the Finance Minister at the time of nationalisation.