History · Modern India
Read statements (A) and (B) regarding 18th-century rural Bengal and choose the correct option. Statement (A): In 1770, a devastating famine killed about ten million people in Bengal. Statement (B): Artisans and peasants faced a deep economic crisis after the East India Company became the Diwan of Bengal.
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- 1Both (A) and (B) are true, but there is no relationship between the two statements.
- 2Both (A) and (B) are true, and (B) is the precursor to (A).✓
- 3(A) is false but (B) is true.
- 4(A) is true but (B) is false.
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Both (A) and (B) are true, and (B) is the precursor to (A).
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