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2021

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
To create mass awareness for the adoption of climate-resilient technologies, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi dedicated how many crop varieties with special traits to the Nation?
A
23
B
34
C
35
D
47
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -PM Modi has launched 35 new crop varieties, with special traits such as climate resilience and nutrition-rich content, which the ICAR has developed to address the twin challenges of climate change and malnutrition. Here’s a list of all 35 climate resilient crops with their specific traits.

Detailed explanation-2: -What is Climate Resilient Varieties? Crop varieties with consistently higher yields under different abiotic stress conditions are known as climate resilient varieties.

Detailed explanation-3: -The 35 varieties include a drought tolerant variety of chickpea, wilt and sterility mosaic resistant pigeonpea, early maturing variety of soybean, disease resistant varieties of rice and biofortified varieties of wheat, pearl millet, maize and chickpea, quinoa, buckwheat, winged bean and faba bean.

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