RAS question
The Yellow Revolution in India is associated with:
Correct answer: (C) Oilseed production.
The Yellow Revolution in India is associated with the increase in oilseed production, especially mustard and sunflower.
Explanation
The Yellow Revolution means the rise in India’s oilseed production, with mustard and sunflower as key examples. Its policy anchor was the Technology Mission on Oilseeds, launched in 1986 under Sam Pitroda to raise domestic production and reduce import dependence. The Press Information Bureau, Government of India links India’s phase of edible-oil self-sufficiency during the Yellow Revolution to the Technology Mission on Oilseeds, and places it within the wider problem of edible-oil import dependence. Oilseed production is therefore the right answer because the term refers to a specific crop-sector push, not to agriculture in general.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Horticulture is not the Yellow Revolution; horticulture is linked to the Golden Revolution instead.
- (B) Rubber production is not the focus of the Yellow Revolution.
- (D) Wheat production belongs to the Green Revolution frame, while the Yellow Revolution is tied to oilseeds and edible oils.
Concept
This tests the Geography of India theme of agricultural revolutions and their crop-sector associations. It recurs in RAS because these terms connect agriculture, food security and policy missions in a compact factual form.