Question

Which type of seeds became popular during the Green Revolution in India?

• A. Organic seeds
• B. Indigenous seeds
• C. High-yielding varieties (HYVs)
• D. Traditional seeds

Answer 1

Answer:

C. High-yielding varieties (HYVs)

High-yielding varieties (HYVs) seeds became popular during the Green Revolution in India. The Green Revolution in the late 1960s (or generally, in the second half of the 20th century) introduced farmers to cultivation of food crops using HYV seeds, although their ancestral roots may be older. Compared to the traditional seeds, HYV seeds promise to produce much greater amounts of grain on a single plant.