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Amartya Sen showed famines were often caused by a failure of:

AGrain storage
BEntitlements
CRainfall data
DTransport links
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Entitlements
1. Foodgrain output need not have fallen. 2. People lacked the means to buy food. 3. This is a failure of entitlements. _Source: syllabus Indian Society, Chapter 2, The Demographic Structure of the Indian Society._
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