Read the following statements (1 and 2) and select the correct option.

Statement 1: Pusa Gaurav is a variety of Brassica which is resistant to aphids.

Statement 2: ‘Hidden hunger’ indicates the average number of individuals starving in a country.

The correct option is B Statement 1 is correct while statement 2 is incorrect
Agricultural pests are organisms that attack agricultural crops and destroy them, leading to huge crop losses. Through various plant breeding programmes, the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) has developed various pest resistant crop varieties. These varieties can hugely overcome the problem of crop losses due to pest infestation.

Pusa Gaurav is a crop variety of Brassica (rapeseed mustard) which is resistant to aphids. Aphids are small sap-sucking insects which damage the crops.

Hence, statement 1 is correct.

Hidden hunger refers to a form of deficiency seen in people eating food that is insufficient in vitamins, micronutrients, proteins, etc.

Many people cannot afford a variety of fruits, vegetables, legumes, fishes, meat etc. Hence, they suffer from nutritional deficiency. The issues related to micronutrient deficiency generally goes unnoticed, hence this phenomenon is termed as ‘hidden hunger'. This makes individuals susceptible to diseases.

Hence, statement 2 is incorrect.