Question

"Being merchants, the British wanted quick profits, their heavy taxes forced
farmers to abandon their fields.
But your men are taking all my crop!
You are still in arrears. If you don't pay next week. I will send you to jail.
Inevitably farmers followed.
Between 1882 and 1836 fifteen lakh Indians died of starvation."


2. What was the reason behind all these deaths ?
(a) Floods
(b) Famines
(d) Volcanic eruptions
(c) Earthquake​

Answer 1

$\bold{\huge{\fbox{\color{Red}{Answer:-}}}}$

(b) Famines

Famines was the reason behind all these deaths.

Famine is a situation where most people do not have enough food to eat. Without food, the human body grows weaker and weaker until the person becomes very sick or dies (see malnutrition). In poor countries with much subsistence farming such as in parts of Africa and Latin America, famine can be common.

Answer 2

Answer:

B) famines

hope it is helpful