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UPSC 1995: Coffee cultivation in Sri Lanka was abandoned because of the disease
(a)leaf blight
(b)leaf spot
(c)leaf rust
(d)rot
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (c) leaf rust
Sri Lanka’s 19th-century coffee industry collapsed because of coffee-leaf rust (Hemileia vastatrix); the epidemic led planters to abandon coffee altogether. The other diseases listed did not cause this large-scale failure, so the correct answer is ‘leaf rust’. ([licchavilyceum.com](https://licchavilyceum.com/upsc-civil-services-prelims-1995-solved-question-paper/))
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This question was asked in UPSC CSE Prelims 1995, GS Paper 1, as Question 37. It falls under Geography > Indian Agriculture & Land Use.
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