Join 60,000+ competitive exam aspirants
or with email
Your Cart
SubtotalтВ╣0
TotalтВ╣0
Examoogle тАв User тАв info@examoogle.com тАв EE-2024-8821
Chapter 1 of 12 тАв Page 1 of 248ЁЯФТ Protected PDF тАв Watermarked
Join 60,000+ competitive exam aspirants
Which crop is most associated with the 'Operation Flood' program?
Wheat
Milk
Rice
Cotton
Milk
Operation Flood, launched in 1970, was the world's largest agricultural dairy development program that transformed India from a milk-deficient nation into the world's largest milk producer. Masterminded by Verghese Kurien, known as the Father of the White Revolution, the program created a national milk grid and empowered millions of rural farmers through cooperatives.
Operation Flood, launched in 1970, was the world's largest agricultural dairy development program that transformed India from a milk-deficient nation into the world's largest milk producer. Masterminded by Verghese Kurien, known as the Father of the White Revolution, the program created a national milk grid and empowered millions of rural farmers through cooperatives.
National Milk Day is celebrated annually on November 26 in honor of the birth anniversary of Dr. Verghese Kurien, the architect of Operation Flood.
Operation Flood was launched in three distinct phases starting from 1970 under the aegis of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB).
Dr. Verghese Kurien served as the chairman of NDDB and is widely celebrated as the Father of the White Revolution in India.
The Anand model of dairy cooperatives in Gujarat served as the foundational bedrock for replicating the program nationwide.
Phase I (1970-1980) was financed by the sale of skimmed milk powder and butter oil gifted by the European Union through the World Food Programme.
Option A (Wheat) and Option C (Rice) are associated with the Green Revolution, which targeted food grain production rather than dairy.
Option D (Cotton) is a major cash crop associated with various agricultural textile development missions but has no link to Operation Flood.
B is correct тАФ Operation Flood is universally recognized as the world's largest dairy development program aimed at increasing milk production in India.
Questions frequently interlink the White Revolution (Operation Flood) with the Green Revolution (associated with wheat and M.S. Swaminathan) and the Blue Revolution (associated with fisheries) in competitive exams like RRB JE.
Get instant step-by-step AI explanations, full shift Previous Year Papers (SSC GD, RRB, SSC JE), and regional rank analysis on the official Examoogle App.
Free Download тАв 100K+ Aspirants