Green Revolution — Prelims Strategy

Prelims Strategy

Focus on memorizing specific data points: production statistics (wheat 12.3 to 55.1 million tonnes, rice 30.6 to 74.3 million tonnes from 1965-91), key varieties (IR-8, Kalyan Sona, Sonalika), personalities (Norman Borlaug, M.

S. Swaminathan), and geographical concentration (Punjab, Haryana, western UP). Understand the technology package concept - HYV seeds, fertilizers, irrigation, pesticides as integrated approach. Pay special attention to environmental consequences as these are increasingly tested.

Practice elimination techniques by understanding what Green Revolution was NOT - not genetic engineering (that's Gene Revolution), not uniform across India (geographically concentrated), not purely positive (had environmental costs).

Create mental maps linking causes (food crisis 1960s), process (technology package), and consequences (both positive and negative). Remember chronological phases and their focus areas. Practice questions that combine Green Revolution with other topics like federalism, environmental protection, and international cooperation.

Also build Paper II skills

Regional comparisons and process chains train the same coherence and inference habits CSAT passages demand. CSAT hub.

• Data interpretation
• Estimation techniques
• Logical deductions