The most infamous pandemic was "Spanish Flu" which affected large parts of world occurred in:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → 1918
NCERT (2025-26): “2.2 Size and Growth of India’s Population …The major epidemic diseases in the past were fevers of various sorts, plague, smallpox and cholera. But the single biggest epidemic was the influenza epidemic of 1918-19, which killed as many as 170 lakh people, or about 5% of the total population of India at that time. (Estimates of deaths vary, and some are much higher. Also known as ‘Spanish Flu’, the influenza pandemic was a global phenomenon – see the box below. A pandemic is an epidemic that affects a very wide geographical area – see the glossary).” |