Answer:
(i) The Green Revolution in the late 1960s
introduced the Indian farmers to cultivation of wheat and rice using High
Yielding Varieties (HYVs) of seeds compared to the traditional seeds.
(ii)
HYV seeds promised to produce much greater amounts of grain on a single plant.
As a result, the same piece of land would now produce far more quantity
offoodgrains than was possible earlier.
(iii)
HYV seeds needed plenty of water for irrigation and also chemical fertilizers
and pesticides to produce best results.
(iv)
Tubewells are set up for irrigation, and the farmers use pesticides and
chemical fertilisers in farming which are produced in industries.
(v)
Farm machinery like tractors, threshers, harvesters, which made ploughing and
harvesting faster, are also being used as modern farming methods, which are
also manufactured in the industries.
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