Rinderpest was carried into Africa by:
AGrain shipped from northern Europe
BCattle imported from British Asia
CTraders arriving from South America
DSoldiers returning from the Crimea
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Cattle imported from British Asia
1. The disease did not begin in Africa.
2. It was carried by infected cattle imported from British Asia to feed Italian soldiers invading Eritrea.
3. From East Africa it spread west across the continent.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 Social Science, 'India and the Contemporary World II', Ch 3 'The Making of a Global World'_
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