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Difficulty: Very hardLiteral Comprehension and Fact Retrieval

Read the passage below carefully and answer the question that follows:

Established in Ibadan, Oyo State, on December 4, 1964, the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN) was founded as a successor organization to the Nigerian station of the West African Cocoa Research Institute (WACRI). The institute was assigned a statutory mandate to conduct research into the improvement of production and utilization of cocoa, as well as four other sub-marginal crops: kola, coffee, cashew, and tea. While the headquarters of WACRI had originally operated out of Tafo, Ghana, CRIN was established as an autonomous Nigerian body following the dissolution of inter-territorial research structures in West Africa in 1962. Under its initial charter, research on tea was restricted to the high-altitude zone of the Mambilla Plateau in Taraba State, whereas cashew research was centralized at the institute's substation in Ochaja, Kogi State.

Statement: According to the passage, the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN) was established in 1962 following the relocation of the West African Cocoa Research Institute's headquarters from Tafo to Ibadan.

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Answer

The statement is False.
The statement is false because it misrepresents two explicit facts in the passage: CRIN was established on December 4, 1964 (not 1962), and WACRI's headquarters were in Tafo, Ghana, rather than being relocated to Ibadan.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Locate the explicit date of establishment for CRIN in the passage.
The passage explicitly states CRIN was established on December 4, 1964. The year 1962 refers to the dissolution of inter-territorial research structures.
Literal comprehension requires matching specific dates and events directly from the text.
2
Examine the claim regarding the relocation of WACRI's headquarters.
The text states that WACRI's headquarters operated out of Tafo, Ghana, and that CRIN was created as an autonomous Nigerian body after dissolution, not that WACRI relocated its headquarters to Ibadan.
Literal fact verification ensures details are not conflated or misattributed.

Key Concept

Literal Fact Retrieval and Precise Event-Date Verification
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