Match List I with List II
| LIST I | LIST II | ||
| (A) | Surat Plague Epidemic | (I) | 1968 |
| (B) | Asian Influenza | (II) | 1918-19 |
| (C) | Hong-Kong Influenza | (III) | 1994 |
| (D) | Spanish Flu | (IV) | 1957 |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)
(A) Surat Plague Epidemic — this matches (III) 1994. Surat witnessed a small epidemic of plague in September 1994.
(B) Asian Influenza — this matches (IV) 1957.
(C) Hong-Kong Influenza — this matches (I) 1968.
(D) Spanish Flu — this matches (II) 1918-19. It was the most infamous influenza pandemic, thought to have killed at least 40 million people.
NCERT (2025-26): “2.2 Size and Growth of India’s Population … Three times in the last century, the influenza viruses have undergone major genetic changes, resulting in global pandemics and large tolls in terms of both disease and deaths. The most infamous pandemic was ‘Spanish Flu’ which affected large parts of the world population and is thought to have killed at least 40 million people in 1918-1919. More recently, two other influenza pandemics occurred in 1957 (‘Asian influenza’) and 1968 (‘Hong Kong influenza’) and caused significant morbidity and mortality globally.…” “…However, diseases like malaria, tuberculosis, diarrhoea and dysentery continue to kill people even today, although the numbers are nowhere as high as they used to be in the epidemics of the past. Surat witnessed a small epidemic of plague in September 1994, while dengue and chikungunya epidemics are since reported in various parts of the country.…” |