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Difficulty: MediumLiteral Comprehension and Fact Retrieval

Read the passage below carefully:

The National Library of Nigeria (NLN) was established by the National Library Act of 1964, which was later substituted by Act No. 29 of 1970. Headquartered in Abuja, the institution was founded to serve as the nation's primary intellectual memory repository. Under the statutory provisions of the 1970 Act, publishers across Nigeria are legally mandated to deposit three copies of every published book with the library within one month of publication. For government agencies, the requirement is twenty copies. Furthermore, the National Library was designated as the sole issuing authority for International Standard Book Numbers (ISBN) in Nigeria in 1974.

Based on the passage above, evaluate the following statement as True or False:
Under the 1970 Act, publishers across Nigeria are required to deposit twenty copies of every published book with the National Library.

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The statement is False. According to the passage, general publishers are mandated to deposit three copies of each book, while government agencies must deposit twenty copies.
The statement is false because the passage explicitly specifies that publishers across Nigeria are mandated to deposit three copies of every published book. The requirement to deposit twenty copies applies exclusively to government agencies.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the key details in the statement regarding the deposit requirements for publishers.
The statement claims publishers across Nigeria must deposit twenty copies per book.
To verify whether this claim matches the explicit factual content of the passage.
2
Locate the specific sentence in the passage discussing deposit obligations under the 1970 Act.
The text states that publishers must deposit three copies, whereas government agencies are required to deposit twenty copies.
Literal comprehension requires verifying numbers and their corresponding entities directly from text evidence.
3
Compare the claim in the statement with the explicit facts in the text.
The claim misattributes the twenty-copy requirement (which belongs to government agencies) to general publishers.
Distinguishing between differing quantities assigned to different entities confirms the statement is false.

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Literal Comprehension and Fact Retrieval
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