GK
MAJOR INDIAN REVOLUTIONS
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Norman Borlaug
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Dr. Verghese Kurien
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M.S. Swaminathan
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None of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan is an Indian geneticist and administrator, known for his role in India’s ‘Green Revolution’. It was a program under which high-yield varieties of wheat and rice were popularised in India. Q.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: MS Swaminathan is the “Father of the Green Revolution, ‘’. Swaminathan created high-yielding wheat varieties (HYV) and then supported sustainable development, which he termed the “evergreen revolution.”
Detailed explanation-3: -In the late 1960s, M.S. Swaminathan, a plant geneticist, helped design and lead the Green Revolution, a huge development effort that in just a few years brought food self-sufficiency to India, which had suffered from deadly famines for decades.