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2. Which year shows a drastic decline in food availability?

Question:

Which year shows a drastic decline in food availability?

Answer:

The year showing a drastic decline in food availability is 1941.

Picture 4.1 Starvation victims arriving at a relief centre, 1945.
Picture 4.2 During the Bengal Famine of 1943, a family leaves its village in Chittagong district inBengal.
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