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Accounting & Finance QUESTION #1230

When the market's required rate of return for a bond is much less than its coupon rate, the bond is selling at:

A premium✔️
A discount
Cannot be determined without more information
Face value

Correct Answer Logic:

When the market's required rate of return (yield) is less than the bond's coupon rate, investors are willing to pay more than face value for the bond because it offers above-market interest payments. The bond therefore sells at a premium (price > face value). Conversely, when yield > coupon rate, the bond sells at a discount.

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Aptitude QUESTION #10946

Question 902

In a floor plan, a room shown as 4 cm × 3 cm at scale 1:50 would have what actual floor area?

30 m²
3 m²✔️
300 m²
0.3 m²

Correct Answer Logic:

Scale 1:50 → 1 cm on plan = 50 cm = 0.5 m in reality.

Actual length = \(4 \times 50 = 200\ \text{cm} = 2\ \text{m}\

Actual width = \(3 \times 50 = 150\ \text{cm} = 1.5\ \text{m}\

Actual area = \(2 \times 1.5 = \mathbf{3\ \text{m}^2}\

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Math Physics Chemistry Biology QUESTION #546

Question 903

Name the human tissues that contain about 85% water.

Nerve cells
Bone cells
Brain cells✔️
None of these

Correct Answer Logic:

Brain cells have high water content

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CISA QUESTION #1723

Question 904

Among the different assurance mechanisms available, which one is considered acceptable for external purposes, including regulatory licensing and third-party reliance?

Independent audit✔️
Assessment
External audit
Internal audit

Correct Answer Logic:

An independent audit is the gold standard for external reliance because it is conducted by a qualified auditor who has no conflicts of interest with the auditee. Internal audits are often limited by the auditor's employment relationship, which can compromise objectivity. External audits may be constrained in scope by client preferences. Assessments are too informal for licensing or regulatory purposes. Only the independent audit provides the level of rigour and objectivity required for external use.

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Psychology QUESTION #9776

Question 905

Which treatment addresses phobias through the method of gradual exposure?

Super ego control
Systematic desensitization✔️
Reinforcement
Dreams

Correct Answer Logic:

Systematic desensitization (Joseph Wolpe) treats phobias by gradually exposing clients to anxiety-provoking stimuli in a hierarchical manner while pairing each exposure level with relaxation techniques, progressively reducing the fear response.

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Geology QUESTION #10660

Question 906

Expansive clay soils create engineering problems primarily due to their high:

Hydraulic permeability
Shrink–swell potential upon moisture change✔️
Dry density
Silica content

Correct Answer Logic:

Expansive clays (e.g. montmorillonite/smectite) cause significant engineering problems due to their extreme shrink–swell potential — they expand dramatically when wetted (absorbing water between clay platelets) and contract when dried. This volume change damages foundations, roads, and buried structures. The activity index (plasticity index / % clay fraction) quantifies expansion potential. Black cotton soil (vertisol) in Pakistan is a classic expansive clay causing structural damage.

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Math Physics Chemistry Biology QUESTION #564

Question 907

Position of a gene on the chromosome is called its

Phenotype
Locus✔️
Junction
Genotype

Correct Answer Logic:

Locus is the position of a gene

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MCQs Section QUESTION #5128

Question 908

درست جملے کی نشاندہی کریں۔

علاج سے مرض بڑھتی گئی۔
علاج سے مرض بڑھتا گیا۔
علاج سے مرض بڑھ گئی۔✔️
علاج سے مرض بڑھتی رہی۔

Correct Answer Logic:

مرض مونث ہے اس لیے 'بڑھ گئی' درست ہے۔ 'بڑھتا گیا' مذکر کے لیے ہے۔

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English QUESTION #7643

Question 909

Urdu meaning of the given English words:
Mundane:

‫مشہور‬✔️
‫معمول‬
‫دنیاوی‬
None of these

Correct Answer Logic:

'Mundane' means ordinary, routine, or lacking excitement. In Urdu, this is best represented by 'دنیاوی' (dunyavi) which means worldly, common, or relating to everyday life. It describes things that are not special or spiritual.

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MBBS QUESTION #10222

Question 910

Apoptosis differs fundamentally from necrosis in that apoptosis is best described as:

A programmed, energy (ATP)-dependent process of cell death that does not provoke a local inflammatory response✔️
An unregulated, passive process always triggered by ischemia and always associated with inflammation
A form of uncontrolled cell swelling and membrane rupture
A process identical to necrosis but occurring only in cancer cells

Correct Answer Logic:

Apoptosis is an active, ATP-dependent, genetically programmed form of cell death characterized by cell shrinkage, chromatin condensation, and formation of apoptotic bodies that are phagocytosed without spilling cellular contents — hence no inflammatory response, unlike the passive, inflammation-provoking process of necrosis.

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Chemistry QUESTION #7403

Question 911

Among elements with electronic configurations Ne[3s²3p¹], Ne[3s²3p³], Ne[3s²3p²], and Ar[3d¹⁰4s²4p³], which may have the highest ionisation energy?

Ne[3s²3p¹]
Ne[3s²3p³]✔️
Ne[3s²3p²]
Ar[3d¹⁰4s²4p³]

Correct Answer Logic:

Ne[3s²3p³] corresponds to phosphorus — with a half-filled 3p³ subshell. Half-filled subshells have extra stability (exchange energy + symmetry), so removing an electron requires more energy. This gives P a higher IE₁ than S (next element).

Ne[3s²3p¹] = Al, Ne[3s²3p²] = Si, Ne[3s²3p³] = P, Ar[3d¹⁰4s²4p³] = As. Among these, P has the highest IE₁ due to half-filled stability.

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Psychology QUESTION #11366

Question 912

The 'principle' of grouping by good form does not include:

closure
common fate
assimilation✔️
symmetry

Correct Answer Logic:

The principle of grouping by good form does not include assimilation.

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General Knowledge QUESTION #9013

Question 913

Julian Assange is known as the founder of which organization?

An American Media person
A star of English film
Founder of WikiLeaks✔️
A terrorist of Chile

Correct Answer Logic:

Julian Assange founded WikiLeaks.

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Therapeutics and Patient Care QUESTION #3890

Question 914

Which medication among those listed would require the least dose modification in a patient with significantly reduced kidney function?

Haloperidol✔️
Metformin
Digoxin
Tobramycin

Correct Answer Logic:

Haloperidol is predominantly hepatically metabolised and minimally renally excreted, making dose adjustment for renal impairment the least critical of the options listed.

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Ability / HR / Governance / Special Education QUESTION #1798

Question 915

Rule 42(b) on 'request for quotations' requires a minimum of how many quotations, and from which category of firms?

Two quotations from any registered firms
Three quotations from GST registered firms, original equipment manufacturers or authorized dealers✔️
Four quotations from SECP registered companies
Three quotations from any suppliers regardless of registration

Correct Answer Logic:

Rule 42(b)(i) and (iii) together require that at least three quotations be obtained from GST registered firms, original equipment manufacturers, or authorized dealers when procurement value exceeds PKR 100,000 but does not exceed PKR 500,000.

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General Knowledge QUESTION #4641

Question 916

Four of the following five are similar in a definite way and so form a group. Which one of them does not belong to the group?

Umbrella✔️
Gloves
Shirt
Shoes

Correct Answer Logic:

No explanation provided for this question.

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Civil Procedure QUESTION #5673

Question 917

A party objects to a magistrate judge's non-dispositive pretrial order. Under Rule 72(a), the district judge must consider the objections and modify or set aside any part of the order that is:

Manifestly unjust.
Clearly erroneous or contrary to law.✔️
Subject to de novo review.
Abuse of discretion.

Correct Answer Logic:

Rule 72(a) provides the standard of review for non-dispositive matters: the district judge must set aside any part of the order that is 'clearly erroneous or contrary to law'.

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Geography QUESTION #6316

Question 918

The rank-size rule in urban geography suggests that the population of a city ranked n should be:

1/n of the largest city's population✔️
Equal to the largest city divided by n squared
Determined by economic base multiplier
Independent of other cities' populations

Correct Answer Logic:

The rank-size rule states: Pn = P1/n where Pn is the population of city ranked n and P1 is the largest city. In a country following this rule, the 2nd city has half the largest city's population, the 3rd city has one-third, etc.

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Law QUESTION #9682

Question 919

Under Article 40, when a fact is discovered as a result of information received from a person in police custody, how much of such information may be proved?

The entire statement
Only so much as relates distinctly to the fact thereby discovered✔️
None, as it is completely excluded
Only the part that amounts to a confession

Correct Answer Logic:

Article 40 allows proof of only so much of the information as relates distinctly to the fact thereby discovered, whether or not it amounts to a confession.

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Mathematics QUESTION #4120

Question 920

Using the definition of limit, what is $\lim_{x \to 2} \frac{x^3 - 4}{x^2 + 1}$?

$\frac{4}{5}$✔️
$\frac{4}{3}$
$2$
$0$

Correct Answer Logic:

Direct substitution: $\frac{2^3 - 4}{2^2 + 1} = \frac{8-4}{4+1} = \frac{4}{5}$. The function is continuous at $x=2$.

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