Change and Development in Rural Society — Important Questions

Pongal in Tamil Nadu, Bihu in Assam, Baisakhi in Punjab, Ugadi in Karnataka

Pongal, Bihu, Baisakhi, and Ugadi are all harvest festivals that celebrate the main harvest season and herald the beginning of new agricultural seasons in their respective regions. Diwali is not primarily a harvest festival.

Major landowners, Economically powerful, Politically influential, Numerically significant

Dominant castes are characterized by being major landowners, economically powerful, politically influential, and numerically significant in their regions. They are not necessarily the highest caste (like Brahmins).

True

True. The abolition of the zamindari system was the first important land reform legislation after independence, which removed the layer of intermediaries between cultivators and the state.

High-yielding variety seeds, Pesticides, Fertilizers, Assured irrigation

The Green Revolution package included high-yielding variety seeds, pesticides, fertilizers, and required assured irrigation. Land redistribution was part of land reforms, not the Green Revolution.