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The most devastating famine in India, the Bengal famine, occurred in:

A1899
B1943
C1947
D1965
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. 1943
1. It killed about thirty lakh people. 2. The Bengal famine was in 1943. 3. Rationing began in the 1940s as a result. _Source: syllabus Economics, Chapter 4, Food Security in India._
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