Economics (Part – III)

Total Questions: 50

41. The Ministry of Agriculture has launched 'APMC Act 2017', which defines every State/Union Territory as a ............ [S.S.C. Online C.P.O.S.I. (T-I) 3.07.2017 (Shift-II)]

(a) Single Joint Market
(b) Multipartite Joint Market
(c) Single diversified market
(d) Multipartite Diversified Market

Correct Answer: (a) Single Joint Market

Solution:

The Model Agriculture Produce and Livestock Marketing (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2017 (APLM act) was proposed in April 2017 to replace the APMC Act (Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee) 2003. The act strives to be an agricultural reform to assist farmers in directly connecting buyers to enable them to discover the optimum price for their commodities. The purpose of the Model APLM Act is to create a single agriculture market with a single license in which agriculture produce and livestock would be traded.

42. Norman Borlaug, the father of the Green Revolution in India, is from which country? [C.P.O. S.I. 4.06.2016 (Shift-I)]

(a) United States of America
(b) Australia
(c) Mexico
(d) Thailand

Correct Answer: (a) United States of America

Solution:Norman Borlaug is considered the father of the Green Revolution globally. Norman Borlaug, the father of the Green Revolution and Nobel Prize winning agronomist, belongs to the United States of America. After completing his Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from the University of Minnesota, USA in 1942, he developed high yielding and disease resistant dwarf varieties of wheat in agricultural research in Mexico. MS Swaminathan is considered to be the father of the Green Revolution in India. But the Commission has considered the answer to this question as option (b), which is wrong. If World had been written in place of India in the question, then option (b) would have been correct.

43. In which of the following countries the Green Revolution was first started? [S.S.C. Online Constable GD 22.02.2019 (Shift-II)]

(a) Argentina
(b) Mexico
(c) Chile
(d) Brazil

Correct Answer: (b) Mexico

Solution:Mexico has been called the 'birthplace' and 'burial ground of the Green Revolution.

44. The impact of Green Revolution was felt most in the case of- [S.S.C. Online C.G.L.(T-I) 3.09.2016 (Shift-II)]

(a) Wheat
(b) Rice
(c) Pulses
(d) Oil seeds

Correct Answer: (a) Wheat

Solution:The Green Revolution in India is believed to have started from the year 1965. After the Green Revolution, India made maximum progress in the production of wheat. After wheat, the most impact of the Green Revolution was seen in the yield of rice.

45. The green revolution did NOT include: [SSC Online Constable GD 12.02.2019 III]

(a) upgradation of the roads of the village.
(b) high yielding varieties of seeds
(c) use of well developed system of irrigation
(d) use of advanced technology in farming.

Correct Answer: (a) upgradation of the roads of the village.

Solution:The Green Revolution is also known as the Agricultural Revolution. The aim of the revolution was to increase agricultural productivity with the use of high yielding varieties of seeds, a well-developed system of irrigation, technology and agricultural research. It did NOT include upgradation of the roads of the village.

46. The second Green Revolution aims at increasing agricultural output to promote- [S.S.C. Online C.G.L. (T-I) 29.08.2016 (Shift-III)]

(a) Availability of easy credit to big farmers
(b) Co-operative farming
(c) Inclusive growth
(d) Development of rural sector

Correct Answer: (c) Inclusive growth

Solution:In January 2006, MS Swaminathan spoke of an 'Inclusive Green Revolution' after the Green Revolution in Coimbatore, which Dr Manmohan Singh referred to as the 'Second Green Revolution'. So that the annual food grain production of the country can be doubled from the present level. It is noteworthy that APJ Abdul Kalam first talked about the Second Green Revolution at the 93rd (2006) Science Congress.

47. In India initially HYVP was implemented in about how much area? [S.S.C. Online CGL (T-I) 05.12.2022 (Shift-IV)]

(a) 5 million hectares
(b) 3 million hectares
(c) 4 million hectares
(d) 2 million hectares

Correct Answer: (d) 2 million hectares

Solution:In India initially HYVP was implemented in 2 mil-lion hectares. HIGH YIELDING VARIETY PRO-GRAMME (HYVP) was launched in 1966, which helped the country in attaining self-sufficiency in food. It launched in an objective to attain self-suffi-ciency in food by 1970-71.

48. Blue Revolution is related to: [C.P.O. S.I. 5.06.2016 (Shift-II)]

(a) Poultry farming
(b) Fisheries
(c) Drinking water
(d) Space Research

Correct Answer: (b) Fisheries

Solution:Blue revolution is related to fisheries.

49. Who among the following helped Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers' Union Ltd expand its work, ushering in the White Revolution? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 11.10.2021 (Shift-I)]

(a) Baba Amte
(b) Sunderlal Bahuguna
(c) Verghese Kurien
(d) Azar Iqbal

Correct Answer: (c) Verghese Kurien

Solution:The White Revolution is the achievement of Kaira district milk producers and co-operative union which owns and operates the Amul dairy. Verghese Kurien is renowned as the 'Milkman of India' and the 'Father of the White Revolution' of the 1970s.

50. The term 'White Revolution' is related with: [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 17.03.2020 (Shift-III)]

(White Revolution)

(a) milk
(b) fish
(c) crops
(d) egg

Correct Answer: (a) milk

Solution:The term 'White Revolution' is related to milk.

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