Which of the following were true about the socio-economic effects of british rule of india?
group of answer choices

a. by 1900 the british successfully prevented the deaths of indian citizens from diseases like cholera by bringing in modern irrigation systems.

b. there was an increase in landless farmers who were pushed out by large plantations

c. the british were quick to act in response to a famine caused by a poor monsoon season and increasing urbanization

d. there was a massive construction effort to build telegraph lines and railroads.

e. there were increasing problems with disease, particularly cholera, as the population grew and sanitation measures didn't keep pace.

d. dr. francis collins

answer:   migrations were important in the neolithic period. "two major migrations passing through southeastern europe were confirmed by the means of archaeo-genetic studies."

the first migration was the early neolithic period -- 6,000 before common era (bce) -- when the first farmers, from anatolia -- asia minor -- spread through europe. the second migration occurred during the early bronze age (3,000-2,500 bce) when the so-called "steppe population," from the eurasian steppe, replaced much of northern europe's previous population.

the first farmers of northern and western europe passed through southeastern europe with limited hunter-gatherer genetic admixture, which occurs when two or more previously isolated populations begin interbreeding. however, some groups that remained mixed extensively -- without the male-biased, hunter-gatherer admixture that prevailed later in the north and west, according to latest discoveries. southeastern europe continued to be a nexus between east and west, with intermittent genetic contact with the steppe people up to 2,000 years before the migrations that replaced much of northern europe's population.

"in some places, hunter-gatherers and incoming farmers seem to have mixed very quickly," says iain mathieson, a geneticist at the university of pennsylvania, who was first author of the paper. "but, mostly, the two groups remained isolated, at least for the first few hundred years. these hunter-gatherers had been living there for thousands of years, and it must have been quite a shock to have these new people show up -- with a completely different lifestyle and appearance."