Consider the following crops
1. Bajra
2. Cotton
3. Maize
4. Rice
Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the above crops according to the period of the development of first hybrid varieties in India?

Solution (By Examveda Team)

Maize, Bajra, Cotton and Rice respectively are the correct sequence of the crops according to the period of the development of the first hybrid varieties in India.
The first hybrid varieties in maize were released in 1961 when four hybrids, viz., Ganga 1, Ganga 101, Ranjit and Deccan, were released for cultivation.
The first pearl millet hybrid HB 1 was released in 1965 thus making India the first country in the world to develop a grain hybrid utilizing cytoplasmic-genetic male-sterile line.
Hirsutum, the first intraspecific hybrid was released in 1970 under the name H 4 from the Main Cotton Research Station, Surat of the Gujarat Agricultural University.
Agricultural researchers at the Karjat Research Centre, Maharashtra, have developed the nation's first hybrid rice variety - krh-1 in 1994.