ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Black Death was so extreme that it’s surprising even to scientists who are familiar with the general details. The epidemic killed 30 to 50 percent of the entire population of Europe. Between 75 and 200 million people died in a few years’ time, starting in 1348 when the plague reached London.

Detailed explanation-2: -It is TRUE. From 1347 to 1352, the Black Death (or black plague) killed between 30 and 50% of the population of Europe. It first appeared in China from where it then traveled to the Black Sea with the Mongol armies and then reached the Middle East, North-Africa, and Europe.

Detailed explanation-3: -Black Death, pandemic that ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1351, taking a proportionately greater toll of life than any other known epidemic or war up to that time. The Black Death is widely believed to have been the result of plague, caused by infection with the bacterium Yersinia pestis.

Detailed explanation-4: -This infection started with a small population living in unkempt conditions and later took the form of an epidemic spreading throughout the continent of Europe. The black boils or swellings were called buboes, hence the epidemic was bubonic plague caused by bacterium Yersinia pestis.