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The Green Revolution in the late 1960s primarily achieved its most dramatic and immediate success in wheat production, particularly in Punjab and Haryana, through high-yielding variety seeds. While rice also saw subsequent growth, crops like cotton and maize were not the primary focus or initial beneficiaries of this agricultural transformation.

The First Five-Year Plan (1951-1956) prioritized agriculture and irrigation to address severe food shortages following independence and partition. In contrast, the Second and Third Plans shifted their primary focus toward heavy industrialization under the Mahalanobis model, making those options incorrect.

The Green Revolution in the late 1960s primarily achieved its most dramatic and immediate success in wheat production, particularly in Punjab and Haryana, through high-yielding variety seeds. A diagram for this topic isn't available yet — the worked example below walks the same reasoning step by step.

• !While rice also saw subsequent growth, crops like cotton and maize were not the primary focus or initial beneficiaries of this agricultural transformation.
• !In contrast, the Second and Third Plans shifted their primary focus toward heavy industrialization under the Mahalanobis model, making those options incorrect.

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