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22 Jan 2026
The discovery of penicillin is considered the start of the age of which major medical breakthrough?
💡 Explanation:Penicillin was the first widely effective antimicrobial agent, and its introduction, beginning in the 1940s, is universally recognized as ushering in the 'age of antibiotics,' which fundamentally changed the treatment of bacterial infectious diseases.
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22 Jan 2026
What major socio-economic practice, contributing to the expansion of commoner surnames and social mobility, characterized the late Joseon Dynasty?
💡 Explanation:The Joseon government, particularly after major conflicts like the Imjin War, widely sold official positions and noble 'yangban' status to raise funds. This commercialization eroded the rigid class hierarchy, allowing commoners to acquire status and the right to adopt surnames, thereby increasing social mobility.
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21 Jan 2026
Greenland’s increasing strategic geopolitical importance is primarily driven by developments in which international forum or region?
💡 Explanation:Greenland's location as a large island in the North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean places it at the center of growing geopolitical and strategic interest, particularly concerning Arctic resource access, navigation routes, and climate change, which are key themes addressed by the Arctic Council and its member states.
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21 Jan 2026
The Central Asia-South Asia Electricity Transmission and Trade Project (CASA-1000) connects which group of four countries?
💡 Explanation:CASA-1000 is a regional power project designed to facilitate the export of surplus hydro-electricity from Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan (Central Asia) to Afghanistan and Pakistan (South Asia), establishing an energy link between the regions.
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21 Jan 2026
US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) oversees components from all primary US military service branches, except which of the following?
💡 Explanation:The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is a unified combatant command that oversees the Special Operations Forces (SOF) components of the US Army (USASOC), Navy (NAVSPECWARCOM), Air Force (AFSOC), and Marine Corps (MARSOC). The US Coast Guard is a separate military branch that falls under the Department of Homeland Security during peacetime and is not a USSOCOM component command.
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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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