Assertion (A): HYV seeds promised to produce much greater amounts of grain on a single plant.

Reason (R) : Green revolution in the late 1960s introduced the Indian farmer to cultivation of wheat and rice using high yielding varieties (HYVs) of seeds.

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Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true , and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).

Both Assertion (A) reason (R) are true , but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).

Assertion (A) is true ,but reason (R) is false.

Assertion (A) is false, but reason (R) is true.

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Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
HYV seeds promised to produce much greater amounts of grain on a single plant. The Green Revolution in the late 1960s introduced the Indian farmer to the cultivation of wheat and rice using high yielding varieties of seeds. Indian farmers were introduced to wheat and rice production using high-yielding variety seeds during the Green Revolution in the late 1960s.
HYV seeds promised to yield substantially more grain per plant than conventional seeds. Farmers in some parts of India drilled tube wells for irrigation and grew their crops with HYV seeds, chemical fertilisers, etc.

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