Question

Who is called father of green revolution?
a. M.S. Ramaniah
b. Aryabhatta
c. M.S.Swaminathan
d. None of these

Answer 1

Hint: He received the Nobel Peace Prize in the year 1970. He has been known to save over a billion people from starvation. He created a hybrid wheat plant that could resist both fungus and disease in mexico. The plant had high yields.

Complete answer:
Dr. M.S. Swaminathan is called as the father of the green revolution in india. This
started after the collaboration with ford foundation and Borlaug. He started a research foundation where he aimed to rid the world of poverty and hunger. So, the answer to the above question is C i.e M.S swaminathan.

Green revolution was started with the high yield of the hybrid wheat plant. This high yield was associated with fertilisers,agrochemicals and controlled water supply and upto a greater extent mechanisation.

Later Borlaug was invited to India to work with Dr. M. S. Swaminathan as a collaboration to import the wheat seed to punjab to try the new crops because of the rich cultural soil of punjab. This success led India to begin its own grown revolution program including plant breeding, irrigation and agrochemical formation.

Hence, the correct answer is option (B).

Note: Norman Borlaug is the father of the green revolution. He was born in Cresco, Iowa. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970. He has been known to save over a billion people from starvation. He created a hybrid wheat plant that could resist both fungus and disease in mexico. The plant had high yields.