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Chemistry QUESTION #7507
Question 1

Match Item I (compound) with the correct Item II (reagent/property):

Item IItem II
(A) Acetaldehyde(P) Tollen's reagent
(B) Benzaldehyde(Q) Lucas reagent
(C) Cyclohexanol(R) NaHSO$_3$
(D) Phenol(S) FeCl$_3$
  • (A)→(P),(B)→(R),(C)→(Q),(D)→(S)✔️
  • (A)→(R),(B)→(P),(C)→(Q),(D)→(S)
  • (A)→(P),(B)→(Q),(C)→(R),(D)→(S)
  • (A)→(S),(B)→(P),(C)→(Q),(D)→(R)
Correct Answer Logic:

Matching logic:

  • Acetaldehyde (CH$_3$CHO): Aliphatic aldehyde — gives silver mirror with Tollen's reagent (P).
  • Benzaldehyde (PhCHO): Aromatic aldehyde — forms addition compound with NaHSO$_3$ (R) (bisulphite addition).
  • Cyclohexanol: Secondary alcohol — reacts with Lucas reagent (Q) (ZnCl$_2$/HCl) to form turbid chloride (within minutes).
  • Phenol: Gives characteristic violet colour with FeCl$_3$ (S).

Correct: (A)→(P), (B)→(R), (C)→(Q), (D)→(S)

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Boilers Mechanical Engineering QUESTION #2414
Question 2
The hoop (circumferential) stress \(\sigma_h\) in a thin-walled cylinder (wall thickness \(t\), internal diameter \(d\), internal pressure \(p\)) is:
  • \(\sigma_h = pd/(4t)\)
  • \(\sigma_h = pd/(2t)\)✔️
  • \(\sigma_h = 2pd/t\)
  • \(\sigma_h = pt/d\)
Correct Answer Logic:
For a thin-walled cylinder (\(t<0.1d\)), hoop stress: \(\sigma_h=pd/(2t)=pr/t\). The longitudinal stress is half: \(\sigma_l=pd/(4t)=\sigma_h/2\).
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Chemistry QUESTION #7154
Question 3
Which of the following compounds does not yield nitrogen gas ($N_{2}$) upon thermal decomposition?
  • $NH_{4}NO_{2}$
  • $(NH_{4})_{2}SO_{4}$✔️
  • $Ba(N_{3})_{2}$
  • $(NH_{4})_{2}Cr_{2}O_{7}$
Correct Answer Logic:
Thermal decomposition results:
  • $NH_{4}NO_{2} \xrightarrow{\Delta} N_{2} + 2H_{2}O$
  • $Ba(N_{3})_{2} \xrightarrow{\Delta} Ba + 3N_{2}$
  • $(NH_{4})_{2}Cr_{2}O_{7} \xrightarrow{\Delta} N_{2} + Cr_{2}O_{3} + 4H_{2}O$
  • $(NH_{4})_{2}SO_{4}$ decomposes to release $NH_{3}$ (Ammonia) gas, not $N_{2}$.
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Journalism / Mass Communication QUESTION #6354
Question 4
David Berlo's SMCR Model (1960) identifies five communication skills. Two are encoding skills and two are decoding skills, with one skill common to both. Which of the following correctly identifies ALL five?
  • Encoding: Listening and Reading; Decoding: Speaking and Writing; Common: Reasoning
  • Encoding: Speaking and Writing; Decoding: Listening and Reading; Common: Thought or Reasoning✔️
  • Encoding: Reading and Reasoning; Decoding: Writing and Speaking; Common: Listening
  • Encoding: Speaking and Listening; Decoding: Reading and Writing; Common: Thinking
Correct Answer Logic:

David Berlo's SMCR (Source-Message-Channel-Receiver) Model places heavy emphasis on the communication skills of both the source/encoder and the receiver/decoder. According to Berlo:

  • Encoding skills (producing messages): Speaking and Writing
  • Decoding skills (receiving messages): Listening and Reading
  • Skill common to both encoding and decoding: Thought or Reasoning — the intellectual capacity to analyse intentions and translate them into appropriate language or interpret received language accurately

Berlo also stressed the dyadic (two-party, relationship-based) nature of communication: the same skill level in a source might succeed with one receiver but fail with another because the receiver's skill, knowledge, attitude, and socio-cultural background differ. This makes fidelity — the degree to which the received message matches the intended message — the key measure of communication quality.

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Correct Answer Logic:
Volume of cylinder: $V_c = \pi R^2 \cdot \frac{R}{2} = \frac{\pi R^3}{2}$. Volume of $N$ spheres: $N \cdot \frac{4}{3}\pi r^3 = \frac{\pi R^3}{2}$, so $Nr^3 = \frac{3R^3}{8}$. Surface area of cylinder: $SA_c = 2\pi R^2 + 2\pi R \cdot \frac{R}{2} = 3\pi R^2$. Surface area of $N$ spheres: $N \cdot 4\pi r^2 = 3\pi R^2$, so $Nr^2 = \frac{3R^2}{4}$. Dividing: $r = \frac{3R^3/8}{3R^2/4} = \frac{R}{2}$. Substituting: $N \cdot \frac{R^2}{4} = \frac{3R^2}{4}$, giving $N = 3$.
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Paper-I (Pharmaceutics II (Industrial and Quality Control) and Pharmaceutics III (Hospital and Community Pharmacy)) QUESTION #5698
Question 6
A prescription calls for 'Mitte talis doses No. X'. This means:
  • Send ten such doses✔️
  • Send one dose only
  • Mix the following ingredients
  • Dissolve in water
Correct Answer Logic:
Mitte means 'send', talis means 'such', and doses No. X means '10 doses'.
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Psychology QUESTION #9901
Question 7
According to Erikson's theory, the central struggle during adolescence is:
  • Intimacy versus isolation
  • Initiative versus guilt
  • Identity versus role confusion✔️
  • Competence versus inferiority
Correct Answer Logic:
Erikson's fifth stage — Identity versus Role Confusion — corresponds to adolescence (ages 12–18). The central task is forming a stable, coherent sense of personal identity. Failure leads to role confusion and identity diffusion.
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Ability / HR / Governance / Special Education QUESTION #1877
Question 8
Short-term vacancies in posts within FPSC purview for a period NOT exceeding six months may be filled by whom under Rule 20?
  • Only through FPSC
  • By the appointing authority on purely temporary basis after advertising✔️
  • By the Selection Board
  • By Departmental Promotion Committee without advertising
Correct Answer Logic:
Rule 20 states such vacancies may be filled by the appointing authority otherwise than through the Commission on a purely temporary basis after advertising the vacancy.
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Dairy Food Science and Technology QUESTION #5915
Question 9
The detection of alkali (neutralizer) addition to milk uses which test?
  • Alizarin test or Rosalic acid test✔️
  • Clot on boiling test
  • Alcohol precipitation test
  • Gerber test
Correct Answer Logic:
Alizarin changes color depending on milk \(\text{pH}\): yellow in acidic milk and pink/red in alkaline milk. The Rosalic acid test similarly detects added alkalis (\(\text{NaHCO}_3\), \(\text{Na}_2\text{CO}_3\), \(\text{NaOH}\)) used by adulterators to neutralize sour milk. Normal milk gives a yellow-brown color.
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Ability / HR / Governance / Special Education QUESTION #5647
Question 10
Under the system if the current expenditure in the first half of the financial year is restricted to 40% of total budget allocation what is the LOGICAL implication for a Ministry that has already spent 38% of its annual budget by the end of Month 5?
  • The Ministry may only spend 2% more in Month 6 from within the first-half restriction and must wait for Finance Division instructions for the remaining 60%✔️
  • The Ministry should apply for a Supplementary Grant to cover the shortfall in the first half
  • The Ministry can freely spend the remaining 60% in the second half without Finance Division instructions
  • The Ministry must surrender the unspent 2% of its first-half allocation
Correct Answer Logic:
Current Expenditure in the first half shall be restricted to 40% of total budget allocation. Since 38% has been spent only 2% more is permissible in the first half. In the second half Finance Division shall issue separate instructions in respect of the balance 60% of the budgetary allocation.
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Boilers Mechanical Engineering QUESTION #2407
Question 11
The hydrostatic force on a submerged plane surface of area \(A\) with center of gravity at depth \(h_{cg}\) below the free surface is:
  • \(F = \gamma h_{cg}^2 A\)
  • \(F = \gamma h_{cg} A\)✔️
  • \(F = \rho g A / h_{cg}\)
  • \(F = p_{atm} A\)
Correct Answer Logic:
The resultant hydrostatic force on a plane surface: \(F=\gamma h_{cg}A\) where \(\gamma\) is specific weight and \(h_{cg}\) is the depth to the centroid.
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Correct Answer Logic:
The number of triangles in $K_n$ is $\binom{n}{3}$. For $n=6$: $\binom{6}{3} = \frac{6 \times 5 \times 4}{6} = 20$.
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Physics and Math QUESTION #784
Question 13
The distance of a point \((10, -10)\) from origin is:
  • \(10\sqrt{2}\)✔️
  • 10
  • 15
  • None
Correct Answer Logic:
Distance \(= \sqrt{10^2 + (-10)^2} = \sqrt{100 + 100} = \sqrt{200} = 10\sqrt{2}\).
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Civil Procedure QUESTION #5670
Question 14
A plaintiff seeks to join two defendants in a single action. One defendant's claim arises from a car accident in January, and the other's from a separate contract dispute in June. There are no common questions of law or fact. Is joinder proper under Rule 20(a)(2)?
  • Yes, because a plaintiff can join as many defendants as they want.
  • No, because the claims do not arise out of the 'same transaction, occurrence, or series of transactions or occurrences' and there is no common question of law or fact.✔️
  • Yes, if the total amount in controversy exceeds $75,000.
  • No, unless both defendants are citizens of the same state.
Correct Answer Logic:
Rule 20(a)(2) requires that the right to relief arise out of the same transaction or occurrence AND there must be a common question of law or fact.
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Journalism / Mass Communication QUESTION #6403
Question 15
The textbook lists several effects of communication on human society. Which of the following effects is described as being observable even 'beyond the limits of time and space'?
  • Relaxation and entertainment
  • Communication effects that extend beyond present activities — ideas generated at one time in history may be materialised in physical form at another stage; scientific discoveries accumulate across generations✔️
  • The immediate relationship-building effect between individuals
  • The persuasion effect of political speeches on immediate audiences
Correct Answer Logic:

The textbook makes a philosophically profound point about the temporal dimensions of communication effects: “Effects of communication are not limited to present day activities but as a matter of fact they go beyond the limits of time and space.” The primary example given is scientific discovery: many scientists who theorised about electromagnetic waves in the 19th century could not prove their theories in their lifetimes, yet they communicated their ideas through publications. Other scientists built on this accumulated communication, eventually enabling inventions like radio. This illustrates how a single communicative act (a scientist's paper, an artist's manuscript, a philosopher's treatise) can have effects across centuries. The textbook gives another example: a medical researcher sharing a small discovery that, through the global communication network, reaches scientists thousands of miles away and contributes to a cure for a disease. Communication, therefore, is cumulative across time and space.

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Molecular Biology / Bioinformatics / Biochemistry QUESTION #11072
Question 16
Bird vertebrae are characterised as:
  • Acoelous
  • Heterocoelous✔️
  • Amphicoelous
  • Procoelous
Correct Answer Logic:
Heterocoelous vertebrae are unique to birds (class Aves). The articular surfaces of the centra are saddle-shaped — concave in one direction and convex in the perpendicular direction (like a horse saddle). This configuration allows flexibility in multiple planes while providing strong interlocking joints, supporting the demands of flight. Amphicoelous (concave on both ends) is found in fish; procoelous (concave anteriorly) in frogs and reptiles; acoelous (flat) in mammals.
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MCQs Section QUESTION #5160
Question 17
تصادق حسین خالد، میراجی اور این ایم راشد میں کیا مشترک ہے؟
  • مزاح نگاری
  • معری نظم
  • آزاد نظم✔️
  • ان میں سے کوئی نہیں
Correct Answer Logic:
تصادق حسین خالد، میراجی اور این ایم راشد تینوں آزاد نظم کے علمبردار شعراء تھے۔
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Pakistan Affairs QUESTION #4674
Question 18

The first ever constructed barrage of Pakistan was which one?

  • Jinnah Barrage
  • Sukkur Barrage✔️
  • Taunsa Barrage
  • Kotri Barrage
Correct Answer Logic:

The Sukkur Barrage, also known as Lloyd Barrage, built across the Indus River in Sindh and completed in 1932, was the first major barrage constructed in Pakistan.

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English QUESTION #8554
Question 19
We should not hanker _______ worldly pleasures.
  • far
  • about
  • after✔️
  • None of these
Correct Answer Logic:
'Hanker after' means to desire strongly.
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Islamic Studies QUESTION #8242
Question 20
When did the Holy Prophet (BPUH) offer Hajj?
  • 4 A.H
  • 6 A.H
  • c 8 A.H
  • 10 A.H✔️
Correct Answer Logic:
This is a repeat of question 164. The Prophet (PBUH) performed his only Hajj in 10 AH (632 CE), known as Hajjat-ul-Wida. During this pilgrimage, he taught Muslims the complete rituals of Hajj as we know them today. He delivered the historic farewell sermon, declared the completion of Islam as a religion, and demonstrated all the acts of Hajj practically. He passed away just 81 days after returning from this Hajj.
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