AI-generated practice question — model-generated for extra practice, not a previous-year CBSE board question.
Rinderpest arrived in Africa in the late 1880s carried by infected cattle imported from British Asia to feed Italian soldiers invading Eritrea in East Africa.
Source: Chapter 3, Section 2.4 – Rinderpest, or the Cattle Plague
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This is a direct factual question. The examiner expects two key points in one line: (1) the carrier — infected cattle from British Asia, and (2) the occasion — to feed Italian soldiers invading Eritrea. Both details are needed for full marks. Avoid vague answers like "it came from Asia."