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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2015 — General Studies · Question 36 of 200

Q36
History of IndiaBritish Rule: Administration, Economy & Society
The New Agricultural Strategy was introduced in India in the decade of –
  1. a.1950's
  2. b.1960's
  3. c.1970's
  4. d.None of the above

Answer: (B) 1960's

The New Agricultural Strategy (Green Revolution) was introduced in India in the 1960s, recommended by a Ford Foundation expert team. During the mid-1960s, Professor Norman Borlaug developed high-yielding varieties of wheat, and India adopted the High Yielding Varieties Programme (HYVP) in the kharif season of 1966.

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