ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

ECONOMICS

TRADE EXCHANGE AND INTERDEPENDENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
“Soon the boils grew to the size of a walnut, then to that of a hen’s egg or a goose’s egg, and they were exceedingly painful, and irritated the body, causing the sufferer to vomit blood. The sickness lasted three days, and on the fourth, at the latest, the patient succumbed [gave in; died].”Which disease is being described?
A
COVID-19
B
Spanish Flu
C
Ebola
D
Bubonic Plague
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Sercombe Name Meaning from Sharracombe in Bishopsteignton (Devon) which is recorded as Shirrecombe in 1330 or Sherracombe in North Molton (Devon) which is recorded as Shearecombe in 163 Sharracombe derives from an uncertain first element + Old English cumb ‘valley’.

Detailed explanation-2: -She fought a good fight but finally succumbed to cancer.

Detailed explanation-3: -to lose the determination to oppose something; to accept defeat: The town finally succumbed last week after being pounded with heavy artillery for more than two months.

Detailed explanation-4: -Use the verb succumb to say that someone yields to something they’ve tried to fight off, such as despair, temptation, disease or injury. If you succumb to cancer, it means you die of it.

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