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The Great Leap Forward, with backyard steel furnaces and communes, was launched in which year?

A1965
B1978
C1958
D1949
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. 1958
1. By 1958 there were 26,000 communes. 2. The Great Leap Forward began in 1958. 3. Its backyard steel was unusable. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 11, Paths to Modernisation._
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