UPSC CSE Prelims
Question 9
Very recently, in which of the following countries have lakhs of people either suffered from severe famine/acute malnutrition or died due to starvation caused by war/ethnic conflicts ?
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Correct answer: D
Correct Option: D
Explanation: The question refers to acute food crises around 2017–18 driven by civil conflict: Yemen’s war and South Sudan’s civil war caused extreme hunger, malnutrition and famine risks.
Option-wise Analysis:
A: Incorrect - Angola and Zambia were not the highlighted pair of war-driven famine crises.
B: Incorrect - Morocco and Tunisia were not facing the cited large-scale conflict starvation.
C: Incorrect - Venezuela faced economic and food hardship, but this pair does not match the two conflict-driven famine settings.
D: Correct - Correct-Yemen and South Sudan experienced severe conflict-related hunger crises.