Green Revolution

Question 1

When did India introduce HYV

Answer 1

1966

Question 2

What was the crops for India’s HYV programme

Answer 2

Maize and wheat, both drought resistant

Question 3

Cereals use what percentage of water used by human body-> leading to deletion of water and some villages had no access to water

Answer 3

50%

Question 4

What does the excessive use of fertilisers do

Answer 4

Leads to soil degradation and soil acidification

Question 5

How many people in food insecurity

Answer 5

300 million

Question 6

Since 2005 poverty in India has reduced by

Answer 6

40%

Question 7

Reduced mortality rate in India by what percent since 2005

Answer 7

70%

Question 8

What percent of Asian wheats HYVs

Answer 8

90%

Question 9

How much did use of fertiliser increase in Asia

Answer 9

360%

Question 10

What’s drip irrigation

Answer 10

Process where only roots receive water to reduce evaporation and runoff

Question 11

Drawback of green revive in term of land

Answer 11

Colonisation of land as any land can grow crops- displacement

Question 12

Depletion of ground water in India caused

Answer 12

Villages to have no access to water causing regional disparities