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Question
“Famines were also a major and recurring source of increased mortality.” Which of the following is not a cause of famines?
Options
Continuing poverty and malnutrition in an agro-climatic environment.
Inadequate means of transport and communication.
Failure of entitlements
Increasing birth rates
Solution
Increasing birth rates
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