PMS GK 2026 (Evening) MCQs with Answers & Explanations

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Israel’s reported openness to recognizing Somaliland has drawn global attention to the self-declared state, sparking debate over sovereignty in the Horn of Africa. It declared independence from Somalia in 1991 but still lacks broad international recognition.

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Badminton evolved from a game played in British India and was formalized in England, where it took its name from Badminton House in Gloucestershire. The modern rules were codified there in the late 19th century.

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10 Downing Street is the official residence and executive office of the British Prime Minister, located in London. Its famous black door can only be opened from the inside.

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Five former Soviet republics—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan—are generally recognized as Central Asian states.

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Kyat is Myanmar’s official currency, subdivided into pyas. Neighbouring countries use different currencies: Vietnam uses the dong, Thailand the baht, and Laos the kip.

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The Nobel Prize prize money was raised to 11 million SEK in 2023, an increase from the previous 10 million SEK awarded since 2020. Each full Nobel Prize carries this cash award.

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Gambia filed the Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice in 2019, acting on behalf of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.

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Sheikh Ahmad Yasin co-founded Hamas in 1987 during the First Intifada, establishing it as a Palestinian offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood. Khaled Mashal and Ismail Haniyeh later led Hamas but were not its founders.

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Cautious optimism means expecting a possibly positive economic future while remaining wary of risks, matching a careful but not hopeless outlook. It reflects guarded hope rather than despair or boom.

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Greenland sits on the North American tectonic plate and is geographically closest to Canada, making it part of North America. Politically, it is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark.

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The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo by a committee appointed by the Norwegian Parliament, as specified in Alfred Nobel’s will; the other Nobel Prizes are awarded by Swedish institutions.

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Henry Kissinger wrote World Order, On China, and Diplomacy, but Politics and Principles is not among his works. Kissinger served as U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents Nixon and Ford.

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Abdul Aziz Al-Baz was born in Riyadh and served as Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti, making him a Saudi national.

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Ahmad Ben Bella was an Algerian nationalist leader and became Algeria’s first president after independence in 1962. He had been a key figure in the National Liberation Front (FLN) during the Algerian War.

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Ceylon was the colonial-era name for Sri Lanka, which adopted its current name in 1972. The island nation lies south of India and is known for its tea exports.

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SAVAK was Iran’s domestic intelligence and security service under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. It was established in 1957 and disbanded after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

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Bangladesh is not a member of the Economic Cooperation Organization, while Iran, Turkey, and Pakistan are founding members. ECO mainly includes Central and South Asian countries such as Afghanistan and the Central Asian republics.

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Hawaii joined the United States on August 21, 1959, becoming the 50th and most recent state. Alaska had joined earlier that year as the 49th state.

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Long Walk to Freedom is Nelson Mandela’s autobiography, recounting his life and decades-long struggle against apartheid in South Africa. It was published in 1994, the year he became the country’s first Black president.

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Larry Ellison co-founded Oracle Corporation in 1977, building it into a major database software company. He has also ranked among the world’s wealthiest tech executives.

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World Environment Day is observed on 5 June each year to mark the opening of the 1972 Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment. It is the United Nations’ principal day for encouraging global environmental awareness and action.

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Sana Mir became the first Pakistani woman cricketer inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame in 2025. The former captain is Pakistan's most successful women's ODI bowler.

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Pakistan and Bangladesh both suffer recurrent, devastating floods due to heavy monsoon rains, major river systems, and low-lying terrain. The 2010 Pakistan floods and 1988 Bangladesh floods were among the worst in their histories.

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Bitcoin operates on a decentralized peer-to-peer network with no central authority or government control, enabling global transactions. It was the first cryptocurrency, launched in 2009.

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The Constitution (Twenty-seventh Amendment) Act, 2025 became law on 13 November 2025. It established a Federal Constitutional Court at Islamabad to hear constitutional cases, and it made the Chief of the Army Staff concurrently the Chief of the Defence Forces. Education, finance and health were not what the amendment created.

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Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari visited Tehran in June 2022, marking the first such visit by a Pakistani foreign minister in 13 years. The trip focused on expanding trade and energy cooperation.

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China remains Pakistan’s largest FDI source in 2025, mainly due to CPEC energy and infrastructure investments. Chinese inflows consistently outpace those from the US, UAE, and Saudi Arabia.

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Pakistan’s textile exports are largest to the USA, which is a major buyer of its cotton garments and home textiles. The USA consistently ranks as the top destination, followed by European and other markets.

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Pakistan was granted EU GSP+ status in 2014, effective from January that year, allowing duty-free access to European markets. The scheme is conditional on implementing international conventions on human rights, labour, and environment.

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Article 184 grants the Supreme Court original jurisdiction, enabling it to function as a federal court in inter-governmental disputes and fundamental rights cases. Article 175 only establishes courts generally, not this specific federal jurisdiction.

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Pakistan’s business climate suffers from energy shortages, political instability, and bureaucratic hurdles, all raising costs and uncertainty for investors. These interconnected barriers make Pakistan less competitive in regional ease-of-doing-business rankings.

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Dast-e-Saba, Zindan Nama, and Sar-e-Wadi-e-Seena are poetry collections by Faiz Ahmed Faiz, while Dard Ashoob is not among his works.

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The Kartarpur Corridor was opened in November 2019 to allow visa-free access for Sikh pilgrims to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan. It links Dera Baba Nanak in India to Kartarpur.

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Nurul Amin held the office from 1971 to 1973 under President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, making him Pakistan’s only Vice President before the position was abolished by the 1973 Constitution.

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M.A. Bogra was not part of Pakistan’s first cabinet formed in 1947; he became Prime Minister later in 1953. Liaquat Ali Khan led that first cabinet, which included I.I. Chundrigar and Ghulam Muhammad.

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The Wakhan Corridor is a narrow strip of northeastern Afghanistan that extends to its border with China, separating Tajikistan from Pakistan. It was established as a buffer zone between British India and the Russian Empire.

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Karachi’s coastal economy is dominated by fish harvesting and processing, centred on the Karachi Fish Harbour, due to rich Arabian Sea fishing grounds. It far exceeds tourism, salt mining, and shipbuilding in local employment and output.

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Mukhtar Masood wrote "Awaz-e-Dost," a celebrated Urdu travelogue and literary work. He is also known for his other famous book "Loh-e-Ayyam."

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Pakistan reached its first international tournament final in 11 years at the FIH Nations Cup, making option D correct. The team last played a major final at the 2014 Asian Games.

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The USA began withdrawing from the Paris Agreement in 2025 under the Trump administration, while China, Brazil, and Russia remained parties. The US is the world’s second-largest greenhouse gas emitter.

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Azerbaijan recently signed a deal to buy JF-17 Thunder fighter jets from Pakistan, making it the first confirmed export customer for the aircraft. The agreement was finalized in 2024 during high-level defense talks.

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Pakistan's FBR tax-to-GDP ratio for FY2024-25 was estimated at about 10 percent, as revenue collection improved but stayed low due to a large informal economy and narrow tax base.

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World Wetlands Day 2026 highlights indigenous and local practices in sustaining wetland ecosystems, making option D correct. The day is observed each 2 February to mark the 1971 Ramsar Convention.

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South Africa was removed from the FATF Grey List in 2025 after addressing deficiencies in its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing systems; it had been grey-listed in February 2023.

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Bangladesh’s interim government set February 12, 2026, as the date for the next general election, following the political transition in August 2024.

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George Foreman died on March 21, 2025, while Mike Tyson is still alive and Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali died in 2011 and 2016 respectively. Foreman was also an Olympic gold medalist and famous grill entrepreneur.

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Ahmad Al-Haddad was a prominent Libyan Islamic scholar and served as Grand Mufti of Libya, confirming his nationality as Libyan. He was associated with Libya’s official religious institutions.

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Shahid Usman was a student activist killed during protests in then East Pakistan, so he is classified as a student leader. He is remembered among the student martyrs of Bangladesh’s political struggle.

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The Privatisation Commission awarded PIA’s majority stake to the Arif Habib Consortium after it submitted the highest bid for the national carrier. The consortium included aviation-linked investors.

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Lawari Top is a high mountain pass in the Hindu Kush that links Peshawar and lower Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with Chitral, now largely bypassed by the Lowari Tunnel.

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The Pacific Ocean is the largest, covering about 63 million square miles—more than all Earth’s land combined. It also contains the deepest point, the Mariana Trench.

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HS-1 is named for its hyperspectral imaging payload, which captures detailed spectral data across many bands for Earth observation. It was launched to support environmental monitoring and resource surveys.

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Milk received at a dairy plant is stored in large insulated silos that keep it chilled and agitated until processing. These silos can hold thousands of liters of raw milk safely before pasteurization.

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Fruit ripening is controlled by plant hormones, especially ethylene, which triggers softening and color changes. Ethylene gas is widely used commercially to ripen fruits like bananas and tomatoes after harvest.

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Sucrose is a disaccharide made of one glucose and one fructose molecule joined by a glycosidic bond. Options B and C are chemically identical, but C is listed as correct.

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Different species living together in the same area form a community, which includes all their interacting populations. An ecosystem adds the nonliving environment, while a biome covers larger regional climate zones.

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Anthracite has the highest carbon content and the fewest impurities, making it the purest form of coal. It burns with a short blue flame and produces the most heat per unit.

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A balanced ecosystem generally needs about one-third of land under forest cover to maintain climate, water cycles, and biodiversity. Pakistan’s forest cover is only around five percent, well below this ecological threshold.

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AUG codes for methionine and signals the ribosome to begin translation, making it the primary start codon. The other options are stop codons that terminate protein synthesis.

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Solar wind is the continuous stream of charged particles, mainly electrons and protons, flowing outward from the Sun's corona. It extends far past Pluto and shapes the heliosphere.

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Enzymes are proteins composed of amino acid chains linked by peptide bonds, making them polypeptides. Although most enzymes are proteins, some RNA molecules called ribozymes also exhibit catalytic activity.

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Quartz is composed of silicon and oxygen in a 1:2 ratio, giving it the chemical formula SiO₂. It is one of the most common minerals in Earth’s continental crust.

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Restriction involves restriction enzymes cutting DNA at specific recognition sequences, unlike replication, transcription, or translation. These enzymes are essential tools in genetic engineering and DNA cloning.

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Nucleolus synthesizes ribosomal RNA and assembles it with proteins into ribosomal subunits, making it the ribosome factory. These subunits then exit the nucleus to form functional ribosomes in the cytoplasm.

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Seismic waves travel through Earth’s solid rock layers, and solids transmit both primary and secondary waves effectively. Liquids only allow primary waves to pass, while secondary waves cannot travel through them.

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Dry vegetation, low humidity, and high temperatures all create flammable conditions that increase wildfire ignition and spread, so management must address all three factors. Wind is another key factor that accelerates fire behavior.

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Biomass includes organic matter from living or recently living organisms, such as plant and animal waste. It is a renewable energy source that can be burned or converted into biofuels.

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Within a water molecule, oxygen and hydrogen atoms share electrons, forming covalent bonds. Hydrogen bonds occur between separate water molecules, not within one. Water’s covalent bonds are polar due to oxygen’s higher electronegativity.

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CO₂ fixation occurs in the stroma because the Calvin cycle enzymes, including RuBisCO, are located there. In contrast, the thylakoid membrane hosts the light-dependent reactions.

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Ethanol is called carbon neutral because the carbon dioxide released when it burns is roughly offset by the CO2 absorbed by the crops grown to produce it. It is also a renewable fuel, but the given term highlights its net-zero carbon cycle.

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Earth has the highest average density of all planets in the solar system, about 5.5 grams per cubic centimeter. Its large metallic core is the main reason for this high density.

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Tin coats steel in cans because it resists corrosion and is non-toxic, keeping food safe. This tin-plated steel is commonly called tinplate.

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Nuclear power supplies roughly 10% of the world’s electricity, generated by about 440 reactors worldwide. Its share has declined slightly from a peak near 18% in the mid-1990s.

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Sedimentation removes settleable solids by gravity during primary treatment, the initial physical stage of wastewater processing. It typically follows screening and grit removal before secondary biological treatment.

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Smog contains suspended solid and liquid droplets, which are collectively called particulate matter; the other options are gases. Particulate matter is commonly classified by size, such as PM2.5 and PM10.

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Coring means removing the central core of a fruit or vegetable, such as an apple’s seed-bearing center, while leaving the edible flesh intact. It is commonly done before slicing or baking.

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Phanerozoic eon comprises the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras, so Paleozoic is included. Precambrian, Archean, and Hadean predate the Phanerozoic.

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Stefan-Boltzmann law states a star’s radiative flux is proportional to the fourth power of its surface temperature, so peak intensity scales as T⁴. Doubling surface temperature increases emitted energy per unit area sixteenfold.

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Classification is arranging data into groups based on shared characteristics, making analysis easier. In statistics, it is a key step before tabulation, which then presents the classified data in tables.

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Helix is Figure’s vision-language-action model that directly controls humanoid robots by processing visual and language inputs into actions. Tesla Vision supports driver assistance, while Atlas is a robot platform, not an AI model.

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Embedded AI refers to artificial intelligence integrated directly into physical hardware to process data and make decisions in real time. It is commonly used in devices like autonomous vehicles, industrial robots, and smart sensors.

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A line chart displays data points connected over time, making trends and changes across intervals easy to see. Histograms and bar charts compare categories, while pie charts show parts of a whole, not temporal patterns.

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Patches are software updates specifically issued to correct errors and close security vulnerabilities, not to add features or upgrade the operating system. They are a routine part of vulnerability management.

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IPS is an advanced LCD panel technology offering superior color accuracy and wide viewing angles compared to older CRT or basic LCD panels. It is widely used in professional and high-end monitors.

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ARP stands for Address Resolution Protocol, which maps an IP address to a device’s MAC address on a local network. It operates at the link layer of the TCP/IP model.

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A compiler translates high-level source code into machine code so the processor can execute it. It may detect syntax errors during translation, but its primary function is conversion, not running programs or linking libraries.

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MS Word is a word processing application for creating documents, whereas Java, Python, and C++ are languages used to write computer programs. It belongs to the Microsoft Office suite rather than to any programming language category.

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PowerPoint does not impose a fixed slide limit; the number of slides you can add is practically unlimited and constrained only by system memory and file size. Very large decks may slow performance.

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Ray Tomlinson sent the first network email in 1971, using the @ symbol to separate user and host names. He chose @ because it was rarely used in names.

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Firmware is software stored permanently on hardware’s read-only memory, giving it low-level control. Examples include BIOS or UEFI on a computer motherboard.

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175% equals 1.75, so divide 49 by 1.75 to get 28. This works because 28 × 1.75 = 49.

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Mutually exclusive events cannot occur together, so they share no outcomes, making their intersection empty (A∩B = Ø). Thus, the probability of both occurring is zero.

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10!/7! simplifies to 10 × 9 × 8, which equals 720. Factorials cancel the common 7! in numerator and denominator.

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Since 45% of the total is 135, divide 135 by 0.45 to get 300. Thus 45% of 300 equals 135.

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After sorting the durations as 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, the middle (4th) value is 14. The median is the central number in an odd-sized ordered dataset.

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Divide both sides by 3 to get x − 1 = −2, then add 1, yielding x = −1. Checking: 3(−1 − 1) = 3(−2) = −6.

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Increase is 18, and 18 divided by original 72 equals 0.25, so the percentage increase is 25%. Percentage change uses the formula: change divided by original value times 100.

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For a cube with side length 4 cm, total surface area equals 6 × 4² = 96 cm². A cube always has six equal square faces.

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Since √t = 1/2, t = 1/4 and t² = 1/16. The expression must place the whole quotient under the radical, giving √(log2/(1/16)) = √(16 log2), which matches option D.

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Expanding gives 25p²−60pq+36q² plus 25p²+60pq+36q², so the middle terms cancel, leaving 50p²+72q². This uses the identity (a−b)²+(a+b)²=2a²+2b².