Question

Famines, or massive food shortages leading to acute distress, were a regular feature of the British rule. Due to high taxes and rents, the peasants had little reserves to face difficult seasons or crop failures. Further, food grains were exported out of the country in large quantities. interprete it?
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Answer 1

Answer:

The reasons were. First, high revenue and rents were forced upon the peasants and they were left with no amount to face difficult situations. Second, the crops cultivated were exported and little was left for the people. Third, the large traders often created an artificial shortage of food by hoarding the foodgrains.

Explanation:

Many famines are precipitated by natural causes, such as drought, flooding, unseasonable cold, typhoons, vermin depredations, insect infestations, and plant diseases such as the blight that caused the Great Famine in Ireland (1845–49).

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