GREEN REVOLUTION

Question 1

Father of green revolution

Answer 1

MANKOMBU SAMBASIVAN SWAMINATHAN

Question 2

When did he pass away?

Answer 2

28th September 2023…age 98

Question 3

How many honorary doctorate s has he got

Answer 3

84

Question 4

HYV WHEAT

Answer 4

High yielding varieties of paddy and wheat
Steadily transformed india into one of the growers of wheat and rice

Question 5

MS SWAMINATHAN STATIC

Answer 5

Born on-7th August,1925

Place-Kumbakonam(small city in cauvery region)

Education started with-ZOOLOGY

Joined INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE in 1947 after graduation

Obtained post grad degree with CYTOGENETICS(1949)

Question 6

Which famine motivated him to devote his entire life to ensure India had enough food

Answer 6

BENGAL FAMINE 1943

Question 7

When did he get his doctorate in genetics from CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY

Answer 7

1952

Question 8

The term green revolution was first used by?

Answer 8

WILLIAM GAUD and NORMAN BORLAUG

Question 9

When did India launch green revolution

Answer 9

1965

Question 10

Father of world green revolution

Answer 10

Norman barloug

Question 11

When did he arrive punjaba nd haryana

Answer 11

1963

Question 12

Swaminathan crossbreeded borloug strains with other strains from?

Answer 12

Mexico and japan

Question 13

When was he elected as director of Indian agricultural research institute

Answer 13

1966…..

Question 14

How much harvest did it produce next time

Answer 14

3 tumes

Question 15

In which year wheat production reached almost 40 million metric tonnes

Answer 15

1982 more than triple harvest 1960s

Question 16

When did Noman BORLAUG win the NOVEL PEACE PRIZE

Answer 16

1970

Question 17

Positions held by MS SWAMINATHAN

Answer 17

1972-Director general of ICAR and secretary to gov india

1979-secretary MINIS AGRI AND IRRIGATION

1980-Senior executive of planning commission and chairman of cabinet’s SCIENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Question 18

When was he elected the chairman of UN SCIENCE ADVISORY COMMIY set up in?

Answer 18

1980….follow up action in VIENNA plan of action

Question 19

When did he serve the independent chairman of FAO COUNCIL

Answer 19

1981-85

Question 20

When was he made the 1st Asian director general of INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Answer 20

1982..in Phillipines….till 1988

Question 21

When was he the president of WORLD WIDE FIND FOR NATURE

Answer 21

1989-96

Question 22

When did he become the president and vice president of the IUCN

Answer 22

1984

Question 23

When was he the chair of national commission on farmers

Answer 23

2004

Question 24

He was on eof the 12 nominees appointment to a 6 yr term as member in rajya sabha in

Answer 24

2007

Question 25

When was world food prize conceived

Answer 25

1986 Where are laureates honored and officially awarded their prize -DES MOINES IOWA

Question 26

When did Borleug appoint his successor

Answer 26

2009 MS SWAMINATHAN

Question 27

Current chairperson of world food prize

Answer 27

Gebisa ejeta 2009 from

Question 28

2023 recipient of world food prize

Answer 28

Heidi Kuhn from US

Question 29

Who also endows this world food prize award

Answer 29

ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION

Question 30

2023 recipient of prestigious Norman E Borloug award for field research and application

Answer 30

Swati Nayak (BIHANA DIDI)