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21 Jan 2026
What is the largest weighted factor for horizontal distribution of the Divisible Pool under the 7th NFC Award?
💡 Explanation:The 7th National Finance Commission (NFC) Award (2010) introduced a Multiple-Criteria Formula for horizontal resource distribution among Pakistan's provinces. The factor with the highest weight is Population, accounting for 82% of the distribution. The other factors are Poverty/Backwardness (10.3%), Revenue Collection/Generation (5%), and Inverse Population Density (2.7%).
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21 Jan 2026
Which inefficiency in the Newcomen engine did Watt’s separate condenser resolve?
💡 Explanation:The Newcomen engine used cold water injected directly into the cylinder to condense the steam and create a vacuum. This process required the cylinder to be alternately cooled (for condensation) and then reheated (by the incoming steam for the next stroke), which wasted a significant amount of heat. Watt's separate condenser allowed the working cylinder to remain hot while the separate vessel remained cold to condense the steam, thereby eliminating the massive cyclical heat loss and drastically improving the engine's fuel efficiency.
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21 Jan 2026
Which U.S. metropolitan area is home to the largest community of the Somali diaspora?
💡 Explanation:The Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area in Minnesota has the largest concentration of the Somali diaspora in the United States, with a community that began growing significantly in the 1990s.
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21 Jan 2026
What diplomatic method involves a mediator traveling sequentially between two negotiating parties who avoid direct contact?
💡 Explanation:Shuttle diplomacy is a term for the action of an outside intermediary traveling back and forth between two or more hostile parties to convey messages, proposals, and counter-proposals, as the parties usually refuse to meet directly.
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21 Jan 2026
The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 is primarily understood to have led to what change in global political structure?
💡 Explanation:The dissolution of the Soviet Union (the USSR) in December 1991 marked the formal end of the Cold War and the bipolar world order that had been in place since the mid-20th century. With its main rival gone, the United States was left as the sole global superpower, leading to a period often characterized as the 'unipolar moment' or a unipolar world structure. This shift redefined international relations, security, and economics.
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21 Jan 2026
What three-element alloy was crucial to Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of durable metal movable type in the 15th century?
💡 Explanation:Gutenberg's successful metal movable type was cast from an alloy of lead, tin, and antimony. This combination was essential because it had a low melting point for easy and economical casting, and the antimony increased the hardness and durability of the type for repeated printing.
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21 Jan 2026
What geographical feature primarily differentiates the water reliance of the irrigated Indus Plain from the arid Western Highlands?
💡 Explanation:The arid nature and low water availability in Pakistan's Western Highlands (including large parts of Balochistan and western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) are primarily a consequence of the rain shadow created by the Sulaiman and Hindu Kush ranges. These mountains block moisture-bearing winds, leading to significantly lower annual precipitation compared to the areas influenced by the monsoon and the extensive, glacier-fed Indus River System in the eastern Indus Plain (Punjab and Sindh). This forces the Western Highlands to rely on different, often non-perennial, water management techniques.
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21 Jan 2026
Thomas Edison’s most significant contribution was the creation of which major system?
💡 Explanation:While Thomas Edison is famous for the incandescent light bulb, his most revolutionary and impactful contribution was the creation of the entire commercial electric utility system (the central power station and distribution grid) to power the light bulbs and other appliances. This transformed urban life and inaugurated the Age of Electricity.
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21 Jan 2026
Which primary geopolitical shift followed the conclusion of the Second World War?
💡 Explanation:The Second World War fundamentally changed the global political order. The traditional European Great Powers were economically and militarily exhausted, leading to a diminished global influence. The primary geopolitical shift was the emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as the two dominant global superpowers, ushering in the bipolar world order of the Cold War. The League of Nations was a product of World War I. Decolonization and the subsequent dissolution of European empires was a major consequence of this power shift, but the shift itself is defined by the rise of the two non-European superpowers.
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21 Jan 2026
Rural-to-urban migration for work most directly impacts Pakistan’s traditional joint family structure by:
💡 Explanation:Urbanization and rural-to-urban migration are key factors driving the shift from the traditional joint family system to nuclear family arrangements in Pakistan's urban centers. This change is primarily a result of the economic pressures, limited living space, and changing occupational structure (from agrarian to industrial/service sectors) that make large, extended family cohabitation difficult in cities.
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