05 · General Ability — Q121–150 — KIPS Mock Tests — CSS MPT 2026

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30 original questions + 30 related recall exercises. Study solutions, not an official KIPS key. Wording and options are retained with spacing and obvious numbering normalised. Consult the attached original PDF for exact typography.

Q121

Which of the following comprises of two radii?

a) Circumference

b) Chord

c) Sector

d) None of these

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A sector uses radii; a segment uses a chord.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — Sector, intended

Reasoning: A sector is bounded by two radii and an arc. A diameter also has length two radii, but it is not listed.

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Related practice: What bounds a circular segment?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: A chord and an arc.

Why / remember: A segment is the region between a chord and its corresponding arc, not two radii and an arc.
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Q122

Sum of all angles around a main point equal to

a) 3600

b) 1800

c) 2700

d) 900

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Angles around a point make one complete revolution.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: A — 360°

Reasoning: Angles around a point complete a full turn. The printed 3600 is a formatting error for 360°.

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Related practice: How many degrees form a straight angle?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 180°.

Why / remember: A straight angle is half a full turn: 360°/2=180°.
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Q123

20% of 25% of 100 is:

a) 25

b) 5

c) 20

d) 2

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Successive percentage operations multiply their decimal factors.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — 5

Reasoning: 0.20×0.25×100=5.

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Related practice: What is 25% of 20?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 5.

Why / remember: 25% of 20 is one-quarter of 20, giving five; the reversed percentage product has the same value.
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Q124

If the length of a rectangle is 4 times its width, and if its area is 144, what is its perimeter?

a) 40

b) 60

c) 75

d) 90

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Express length as four times width and use area to find the scale.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — 60

Reasoning: Let width=w, length=4w. Area=4w²=144 gives w=6, length=24, perimeter=60.

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Related practice: What is the width?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 6 units.

Why / remember: 4w²=144 gives w²=36 and positive width w=6; length is 24.
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Q125

If South-east becomes North, North-East becomes west and so on. What will West become?

a) North-east

b) North-west

c) South-east

d) South-west

Source PDF page 13.

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Find one compass rotation that satisfies both stated renamings.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — South-east

Reasoning: Both stated mappings rotate compass labels 135° counterclockwise: SE→N and NE→W. W then maps to SE.

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Related practice: Under the same mapping, what becomes of North?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: South-west.

Why / remember: The mapping rotates labels 135° counterclockwise; north becomes south-west under the same rule.
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Q126

Ten men made 60 fans in a month. How many men will make 180 fans in two months?

a) 12

b) 15

c) 20

d) 30

Source PDF page 13.

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Calculate output per worker per month.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — 15 men

Reasoning: Rate=60/(10×1)=6 fans per person-month. Need 180/(6×2)=15 people.

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Related practice: How many fans can five men make in one month?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 30.

Why / remember: At six fans per person-month, five workers produce 5×6=30 fans in a month.
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Q127

If takes 2 minutes to boil a single egg. How many minutes will it take to boil 5 eggs together?

a) 5 minutes

b) 7 minutes

c) 2 minutes

d) 10 minutes

Source PDF page 13.

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Ask whether the tasks happen simultaneously or sequentially.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — 2 minutes, under simultaneous identical conditions

Reasoning: Cooking the eggs together means their times overlap. Real cooking time depends on water temperature and heating conditions.

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Related practice: When would five times the duration be appropriate?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: If eggs had to be processed one at a time with no overlap.

Why / remember: Multiplying time by five would require five non-overlapping cooking periods; simultaneous processing changes the model.
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Q128

The age of the baby will be 5 times after 20 years. The present age of this baby is __.

a) 4 years

b) 5 years

c) 3 years

d) 2 years

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Translate after twenty years as x+20.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — 5 years

Reasoning: x+20=5x gives x=5.

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Related practice: How old after twenty years?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 25.

Why / remember: If present age is five, adding twenty gives twenty-five, five times the present age.
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Q129

A person purchased a TV in Rs. 3000 and sells it with 2% loss. Find the selling price.

a) Rs. 60

b) Rs. 3060

c) Rs. 2940

d) Rs. 2400

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A 2% loss means the selling price is 98% of cost.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — Rs 2940

Reasoning: Selling price=3000×0.98=2940.

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Related practice: What is the loss amount?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Rs 60.

Why / remember: Loss=0.02×3000=Rs 60; subtracting it gives Rs 2940.
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Q130

The price of a mobile has increased from Rs. 200,000 to Rs. 300,000. What is the percentage increases?

A. 30%

B. 20%

C. 50%

D. 100%

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Use the original value as the percentage-change denominator.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — 50%

Reasoning: Increase=100000; divide by original 200000 to get 50%.

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Related practice: What percentage decrease returns 300000 to 200000?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 33⅓%.

Why / remember: A drop of 100000 from 300000 is 1/3, or 33⅓%; upward and downward percentages use different bases.
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Q131

Angle is made by two ....... originating from a single point.

A. Rays

B. Lines

C. Circles

D. Sectors

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The angle is formed by two rays sharing one endpoint.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: A — Rays

Reasoning: Two rays with a common endpoint define an angle; that endpoint is the vertex.

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Related practice: What is the endpoint called?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Vertex.

Why / remember: The common endpoint is the vertex; the rays are the angle’s arms.
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Q132

A ladder is standing with a wall. If the height of wall is 12 feet and that of ladder is 13 feet, then what will be the distance

between the wall and the ladder?

A. 25 feet

B. 5 feet

C. 1 feet

D. None of these

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Identify the ladder as the hypotenuse and apply Pythagoras.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — 5 feet

Reasoning: The horizontal distance=√(13²−12²)=5, assuming a vertical wall and level ground.

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Related practice: Which side is the hypotenuse?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: The 13-foot ladder.

Why / remember: The hypotenuse is opposite the right angle and is the longest side: thirteen feet here.
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Q133

P, Q and R have share in a business with ratio of 2:3:5. If they earn a profit of Rs. 75000, find the smallest share in this profit.

A. Rs. 15000

B. Rs. 22500

C. Rs. 37500

D. None of these

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Convert the ratio into a fraction of the full amount.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: A — Rs 15,000

Reasoning: Ten total ratio parts; smallest=2/10×75000.

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Related practice: What is R’s share?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Rs 37,500.

Why / remember: R has five of ten parts, so R receives 5/10×75000=Rs 37500.
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Q134

2/5 of whose number is 600?

A. 1500

B. 240

C. 60

D. None of these

Source PDF page 14.

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Undo multiplication by two-fifths by multiplying by five-halves.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: A — 1500

Reasoning: 2x/5=600, so x=600×5/2=1500.

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Related practice: What is 3/5 of the number?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 900.

Why / remember: Once x=1500, three-fifths is 1500×3/5=900.
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Q135

Find the volume of a cube whose length is equals to 11 cm.

A. 121 cm2

B. 33 cm3

C. 22 cm3

D. 1331 cm3

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Volume uses cubic units, while surface area uses square units.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: D — 1331 cm³

Reasoning: Cube volume=side³=11³=1331. Square centimetres measure area, not volume.

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Related practice: What is its total surface area?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 6×11²=726 cm².

Why / remember: A cube has six square faces; total area=6×11²=726 cm².
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Q136

Three men paint six houses in a week. How many houses will be painted by 10 men in two weeks?

A. 40

B. 30

C. 25

D. 50

Source PDF page 14.

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Calculate houses per person-week before scaling.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: A — 40 houses

Reasoning: Three people paint six houses per week, or two houses per person-week. Ten people for two weeks paint forty.

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Related practice: How many houses can five people paint in one week?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 10.

Why / remember: Two houses per person-week times five people gives ten houses in one week.
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Q137

In a population of 220 million, 70% of the population has been vaccinated. Find the number of people who are not vaccinated

yet.

A. 154 million

B. 66 million

C. 144 million

D. None of these

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Use the complement of the vaccinated percentage.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — 66 million

Reasoning: Unvaccinated share=30%; 220×0.30=66 million.

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Related practice: How many are vaccinated?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 154 million.

Why / remember: 70% of 220 million is 154 million; the remaining 66 million makes the total 220.
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Q138

The ratio between pass and fail students of a class is 7:5. If there are 36 students in the class then find the number of failed

students.

A. 7

B. 18

C. 15

D. None of these

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The denominator is the sum of pass and fail ratio parts.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — 15

Reasoning: Failure share=5/(7+5); 36×5/12=15.

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Related practice: How many pass?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 21.

Why / remember: Seven of twelve parts pass: 36×7/12=21; fifteen fail.
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Q139

Who invented '0'?

A. Brahmagupta

B. Aryabhata

C. Al-Khwarizmi

D. Al Kindi

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Distinguish formal arithmetic rules for zero from the long history of zero notation.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: A — Brahmagupta, conventional answer

Reasoning: Brahmagupta formulated influential arithmetic rules for zero in 628 CE. Zero evolved across cultures; crediting one person with its entire invention is oversimplified.

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Related practice: Is division by zero defined in ordinary arithmetic?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: No.

Why / remember: Division by zero has no ordinary real-number value; giving a person credit for zero does not make it valid.
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Q140

What is the supplement of 600?

A. 300

B. -600

C. 1200

D. 900

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Supplementary means a straight-angle total, not a right-angle total.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — 120°

Reasoning: Supplementary angles sum to 180°; 180−60=120. Printed 600 and 1200 represent degree-symbol errors.

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Related practice: What is the complement of 60°?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 30°.

Why / remember: Complementary angles sum to ninety degrees, so the complement of sixty is thirty.
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Q141

Find out the wrong number in the series: 1, 1, 2, 6, 24, 96, 720.

(a) 6

(b) 24

(d) 720

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Compare the sequence with successive factorials.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — 96

Reasoning: The intended factorial series is 0!,1!,2!,3!,4!,5!,6!=1,1,2,6,24,120,720.

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Related practice: What should replace 96?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 120.

Why / remember: 5!=5×4×3×2×1=120; replacing 96 restores the factorial sequence.
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Q142

Find the one which does not belong to that group.

(a) Pakistan: Rupee

(b) America: Dollar

(d) Australia: Pound

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Check the current currency, not a country’s historical currency.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: D — Australia: Pound

Reasoning: Australia’s currency is the Australian dollar; the other country–currency pairs are valid.

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Related practice: What is Kuwait’s currency?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Kuwaiti dinar.

Why / remember: Kuwait uses the dinar; Australia uses the dollar. The old Australian pound is historical.
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Q143

Find the one which does not belong to that group.

(a) Regiment

(b) Lieutenant

(d) Major

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Distinguish the name of a military unit from the rank of a person.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: A — Regiment

Reasoning: Regiment is a military unit; lieutenant, colonel and major are ranks.

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Related practice: Which is higher, major or colonel?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Colonel.

Why / remember: Colonel ranks above major; regiment is an organisational unit rather than a rank.
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Q144

Find the one which does not belong to that group.

(a) Square

(b) Triangle

(d) Cube

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Separate three-dimensional solids from two-dimensional plane figures.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: D — Cube

Reasoning: A cube is three-dimensional; square, triangle and circle are plane figures.

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Related practice: How many faces does a cube have?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Six.

Why / remember: A cube has six square faces, twelve edges and eight vertices; faces are not edges.
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Q145

A, B and C together earn Rs.150 per day while A and C together earn Rs.94 and B and C together earn Rs.76. The daily

earning of C is ?

(a) 10 Rs.

(b) 15 Rs.

(d) 25 Rs.

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Add the pair totals, then compare with the overall total to isolate the repeated amount.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — Rs 20

Reasoning: Add A+C=94 and B+C=76: A+B+2C=170. Subtract total 150 to obtain C=20.

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Related practice: What is A’s daily earning?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Rs 74.

Why / remember: C=20 and A+C=94, so A=94−20=74.
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Q146

Find the one which does not belong to that group.

(a) 30

(b) 27

(d) 45

Source PDF page 15.

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State the common property instead of simply choosing the least familiar number.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: A — 30, intended pattern

Reasoning: 27,36,45 are multiples of 9; 30 is not. Odd-one-out questions require the shared rule to be stated.

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Related practice: What is the next multiple of 9 after 45?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 54.

Why / remember: Multiples of nine increase by nine; 45+9=54.
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Q147

Mr. and Mrs. Sajjad have seven daughters. Each daughter has one brother. What is the total number of persons in the family?

(a) 14

(b) 10

(d) 12

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All daughters can share the same brother; do not assign one brother to each.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — 10

Reasoning: Seven daughters share one brother, plus two parents: 7+1+2=10.

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Related practice: How many children are there?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: Eight.

Why / remember: Seven daughters plus one shared son equals eight children; the two parents bring the family total to ten.
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Q148

A shepherd had 15 sheep, all sheep died except 9, then how many sheep he has?

(a) 6

(b) 9

(d) 12

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All except nine means nine did not die.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: B — 9

Reasoning: All except nine died means nine survive; do not subtract again.

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Related practice: How many died?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 6.

Why / remember: Original fifteen minus nine survivors gives six deaths. The word except identifies survivors directly.
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Q149

5 cats eat 5 mice in 5 minutes, then in how many minutes 2 cat will eat 2 mice?

(a) 2 min

(b) 1 min

(d) 10 min

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Find the rate for one cat and account for simultaneous work.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: C — 5 minutes

Reasoning: Each cat eats one mouse in five minutes; two cats work simultaneously.

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Related practice: How long would one cat take to eat two mice at that rate?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: 10 minutes.

Why / remember: One cat handles one mouse per five minutes; two sequential mice take ten minutes for that one cat.
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Q150

Some boys are sitting in a row. P is sitting fourteenth from the left and Q is seventh from the right. If there are four boys

between P and Q, how many boys are there in the row?

(a) 25

(b) 23

(d) 19

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Consider both possible relative orders of P and Q.
✅ Answer & explanation

Answer: A — 25 if P is left of Q; alternative arrangement gives 15

Reasoning: Usual order gives 14+4+7=25. If Q lies left of P, Q is ninth from left and total=9+7−1=15, absent from options.

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Related practice: What extra condition makes 25 unique?

✅ Related answer & memory link

Answer: P is to the left of Q.

Why / remember: Saying P is left of Q eliminates the fifteen-person alternative and makes twenty-five uniquely determined.
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