CSE · GS-3Official PYQ · CSE 2019 · Q5Agriculture · Major Crops & Irrigation · 10 marks · 150 words
English
How was India benefitted from the contributions of Sir M. Visvesvaraya and Dr. M. S. Swaminathan in the fields of water engineering and agricultural science respectively?
हिन्दी
जल इंजीनियरी और कृषि-विज्ञान के क्षेत्रों में क्रमशः सर एम० विश्वेश्वरैया और डॉ० एम० एस० स्वामीनाथन के योगदानों से भारत को किस प्रकार लाभ पहुँचा था?
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2019 (English and Hindi). Source
Syllabus
Agriculture · Major Crops & Irrigation
Major crops—cropping patterns in various parts of the country, different types of irrigation and irrigation systems, storage, transport and marketing of agricultural produce and issues and related constraints; e-technology in the aid of farmers.
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