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Rinderpest cattle plague devastated which continent in the 1890s, weakening African economies and labour resistance to colonial conquest?
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D.
1. NCERT discusses Rinderpest as a case study.
2. Rinderpest reached Africa in the late 1880s and killed approximately 90% of cattle.
3. This destroyed African livelihoods, weakened resistance, and helped colonial powers monopolise scarce cattle and labour.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 History India and the Contemporary World - II, Ch 3 "The Making of a Global World", §Rinderpest ¶1_
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