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WBCS Main Examination 2023 — Paper V: Indian Constitution and Economy · Question 147 of 200

Q147
Indian EconomyAgriculture & Rural Economy
The first Green Revolution in India covered
  1. a.wheat and rice
  2. b.pulses
  3. c.only wheat
  4. d.only rice

Answer: (A) wheat and rice

The Green Revolution of the late 1960s spread high-yielding varieties mainly of wheat and rice in irrigated areas such as Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh. Pulses were largely left out, and it was not limited to only one of the two cereals.