State PCS PYQPrelims 2023

UPPCS · Question 68

To whom does the credit go for the development of coconut and sugarcane agriculture in the Philippines?

  1. Spanish and Americans
  2. Hollanders
  3. Britishers
  4. French
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Answer: (A) Spanish and Americans

Explanation

Plantation agriculture (coconut, sugarcane) in the Philippines grew under Spanish and later American colonial rule.