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Difficulty: MediumLiteral Comprehension and Fact Retrieval

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

In February 1988, the Nigerian Federal Government created the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to curb the escalating rate of highway accidents across the country. Initially assigned to operate primarily along federal trunk roads, the corps was granted statutory powers to inspect vehicle roadworthiness, regulate speed limits, and issue standardized driver's licenses. Prior to its establishment, driver licensing was decentralized and managed independently by individual state motor licensing authorities without a uniform database. By 1992, the FRSC launched the National Driver's License scheme to harmonize driver records nationwide. Although the agency faced severe logistical constraints in its first three years, including a shortage of patrol vehicles and communication equipment, its enforcement operations led to a measurable twenty percent reduction in inter-state road fatalities by the end of 1991.

According to the passage, what was the condition of driver licensing in Nigeria prior to the establishment of the FRSC?

  1. It was handled separately by individual state motor licensing bodies without a centralized database.Answer
  2. B
    It was completely unmonitored and lacked any form of state or government oversight.
  3. C
    It was centrally controlled by federal agencies operating exclusively along trunk roads.
  4. D
    It caused a twenty percent increase in national highway fatalities during the agency's first three years.

Answer

Prior to the creation of the FRSC, driver licensing was decentralized and managed independently by individual state motor licensing authorities without a uniform database.
The passage explicitly states that prior to the establishment of the FRSC, driver licensing was 'decentralized and managed independently by individual state motor licensing authorities without a uniform database.' The correct answer directly restates this explicit fact.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Locate the temporal keyword and topic reference in the text
Identified the sentence beginning with 'Prior to its establishment...'
The question asks specifically about the situation regarding driver licensing before the FRSC was established.
2
Extract the explicit factual statement from the text
The text states that licensing was 'decentralized and managed independently by individual state motor licensing authorities without a uniform database.'
Literal comprehension requires retrieving explicitly stated details without adding outside assumptions.
3
Match the extracted text directly with the corresponding option
The choice describing independent management by state bodies without a centralized database directly aligns with the passage evidence.
Verifies exact alignment between passage facts and the selected answer.

Key Concept

Literal Comprehension and Fact Retrieval
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