According to the passage Nigeria used to be the be the world's biggest producer of
A
groundnuts
B
palm oil
C
rubber
D
groundnuts and columbites
E
palm kernels, groundnuts and cocoa
Verified Correct Answer: D.
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Groundnuts: “In 1968 Nigeria was the world biggest producer of groundnuts (averaging 712,600 tonnes a year)”
Columbite: “...and the biggest producer of columbite.”
Palm oil: “...seventy per cent of the world’s export of palm oil” – Nigeria supplied most of the exports, but this does not necessarily mean it was the biggest producer.
Rubber: Nigeria produced rubber, but there's no indication it was the biggest producer.
Cocoa: “the second producer of cocoa ... after Ghana”
Palm kernels: “supplied half the world’s export of palm kernels” – again, export doesn’t mean production. ❌
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #15404)