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Difficulty: MediumLiteral Comprehension and Fact Retrieval

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

In June 1944, the West African Cocoa Research Institute (WACRI) was officially established at Tafo in the Eastern Region of the Gold Coast (now Ghana). The institute was created to investigate crop diseases and pests, particularly the swollen shoot virus disease which threatened cocoa farms across British West Africa. WACRI absorbed the existing research station founded at Tafo in 1938 by the colonial Department of Agriculture. Under its inter-territorial charter, the institute established a secondary research station in Ibadan, Nigeria, in 1953 to address regional soil fertility issues. Funding was jointly provided by the governments of Nigeria, Gold Coast, Sierra Leone, and the Gambia until WACRI was dissolved in October 1962 following national independence movements.

Which body founded the original research station at Tafo prior to its absorption by WACRI?

  1. The colonial Department of AgricultureAnswer
  2. B
    The inter-territorial charter assembly of British West Africa
  3. C
    The secondary research station located in Ibadan
  4. D
    The joint governments of Nigeria, Gold Coast, Sierra Leone, and the Gambia

Answer

The colonial Department of Agriculture founded the original research station at Tafo in 1938 before it was absorbed by WACRI.
The passage directly specifies that WACRI absorbed the research station that had been founded at Tafo in 1938 by the colonial Department of Agriculture.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the key focus of the question.
The question asks for the entity that established the initial research station at Tafo before WACRI absorbed it.
Direct literal retrieval requires locating the specific historical subject in the text.
2
Locate the sentence in the passage referencing the 1938 Tafo station.
The text states: 'WACRI absorbed the existing research station founded at Tafo in 1938 by the colonial Department of Agriculture.'
Matching explicit statements confirms the exact entity named as the founder.

Key Concept

Literal Comprehension and Direct Fact Retrieval
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