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Widespread disaster was ____ by the storage of food. |
- A. opposed
- B. resisted
- C. slowed down
- D. averted
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2 |
The number of people in the world is ____________ increasing |
- A. Dangerously
- B. Shockingly
- C. Rapidly
- D. Horribly
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3 |
In North Africa Abd-al-Rehman____ escaped asassination |
- A. With difficulty
- B. Barely
- C. Luckily
- D. easily
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4 |
Transport problems were so great that the ............... could not have been distributed, to the isolated. |
- A. water
- B. food
- C. oil
- D. wood
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5 |
According to the <u>census</u>, our population has more than doubled. |
- A. Population situation
- B. Population increase
- C. Population count
- D. Population record
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6 |
The ports of India could not<u> cope with</u> all the ships |
- A. By
- B. Steer
- C. Manage
- D. Destroy
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7 |
Nine and a half million people <u>perish</u>ed in a single famine |
- A. Penalized
- B. Suffered
- C. Died
- D. Deserted
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8 |
As recently as 1942 in Bombay one million ................... to death whenthe rice crop failed. |
- A. Smiled
- B. Slept
- C. Starved
- D. Strayed
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9 |
____________ has been a problem since the beginning of time. |
- A. Famine
- B. Marriage
- C. Livelihood
- D. Friendship
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10 |
In the U.K. the birth rate for 1963 was. |
- A. 10.2
- B. 11.2
- C. 15.2
- D. 16.2
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