alleryWhich crop helped Europe's poor eat better and live longer?
AThe mustard
BThe cabbage
CThe potato
DThe pumpkin
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. The potato
1. New crops sometimes made the difference between life and death.
2. Europe's poor began to eat better and live longer with the introduction of the humble potato.
3. So the correct answer is the potato.
_Source: syllabus Social Science, 'India and the Contemporary World II', Ch 3 'The Making of a Global World'_
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