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Silver Revolution in India relates to:

Correct answer: (B) Egg and poultry production.

The Silver Revolution in India relates to the rise of egg and poultry production.

  1. (A)

    Aluminium production

  2. (B)

    Egg and poultry production

  3. (C)

    Cotton production

  4. (D)

    Silver mining

Explanation

The Silver Revolution is linked with India's growth in egg and poultry production, not with the metal silver. Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Indian Agriculture after Independence places it within the livestock and poultry story after Independence and states that the country witnessed the Silver Revolution for egg and poultry production in 2000. The term connects increased egg and poultry output with the effort credited to Indira Gandhi Chair Professor B.V. Rao. The point of the term is sectoral: poultry moved from a largely backyard activity towards a major commercial agri-based industry, and egg production became a named marker of that change.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (A) Aluminium production is wrong because the Silver Revolution is identified with egg and poultry production, and aluminium has no specific revolution name in this context.
  • (C) Cotton production is wrong because the question asks about the named Silver Revolution, which refers to eggs and poultry, not cotton.
  • (D) Silver mining is wrong because 'silver' is only the colour label of the agricultural revolution; the referenced sector is poultry and eggs, not mineral extraction.

Concept

This tests Indian agriculture through the colour-coded revolutions used to summarise sectoral growth. It recurs in RAS because such revolution-sector matches are compact factual markers for agriculture, animal husbandry and rural economy questions.

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