Multiple choice

The huge numbers of deaths during the 1866 famine in India were due to all of the following EXCEPT:

  1. Local textile Industry killed off by British East India Company

  2. Weak monsoon winds that year hurt crops

  3. Britain shiped 2 million lbs of rice from India to Britain

  4. British governor had always fed the poor, which led to overpopulation
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The 1866 famine was exacerbated by British colonial policies, such as the export of food and the destruction of local industries, rather than a lack of British concern for the poor.

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