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Zorluk: OrtaLiteral Comprehension and Fact Retrieval

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

The West African Rice Development Association (WARDA) was formed in 1971 by eleven West African countries to boost regional rice production and decrease dependency on foreign imports. Originally headquartered in Monrovia, Liberia, the intergovernmental organization established research stations across various agro-ecological zones to breed high-yielding rice varieties suitable for local soil conditions. In 1987, WARDA became an official member of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), which expanded its funding and technical partnership capabilities. Facing civil unrest in Liberia in the late 1980s, the association relocated its principal research headquarters to Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire, in 1988, where it intensified work on interspecific rice hybrids.

According to the passage, why did the West African Rice Development Association move its principal research headquarters to Côte d'Ivoire in 1988?

  1. Civil unrest broke out within Liberia in the late 1980s.Cevap
  2. B
    The organization acquired official membership in CGIAR.
  3. C
    Bouaké provided superior agro-ecological soil conditions for rice breeding.
  4. D
    The association needed to fulfill its founding mandate of curbing rice imports.

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Civil unrest broke out within Liberia in the late 1980s.
The passage explicitly states that the organization relocated its principal research headquarters to Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire, in 1988 because it was facing civil unrest in Liberia in the late 1980s.

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1
Locate the specific sentence in the passage discussing the relocation of the headquarters in 1988.
Identified the sentence: 'Facing civil unrest in Liberia in the late 1980s, the association relocated its principal research headquarters to Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire, in 1988...'
Literal comprehension requires retrieving explicit facts directly stated in the text.
2
Match the explicit factual cause with the correct option.
The text explicitly links the move to 'civil unrest in Liberia'.
The correct response must strictly reflect the direct cause cited by the author without extrapolation.

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