Briefly describe the Green Revolution and two major social or environmental consequences.

• A. It involved the invention of the mobile phone and the use of digital mapping, increasing urban connectivity.
• B. It promoted traditional farming practices; it reduced yields.
• C. Adoption of high-yield crop varieties and modern agriculture; consequences include increased yields but environmental damage and greater pesticide usage.
• D. It led to a universal decrease in population growth.

Answer: (C)

The Green Revolution centers on bringing high-yield crop varieties together with modern farming methods—irrigation, synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and mechanization—to boost crop production. The best-supported consequences are higher yields and greater food production, which helped feed growing populations, but they also come with drawbacks: environmental damage from intensive farming and a substantial increase in pesticide use. This combination shows why the movement is viewed as a major gain in food security alongside environmental and health costs tied to chemical inputs. The other options miss the core idea: digital devices and mapping aren’t the revolution’s focus, traditional practices with lower yields contradict the yield gains, and population trends involve many factors beyond these agricultural changes.