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CSS Botany Past Papers
11 CSS Botany papers from 2016 to 2026, as text, each with its instructions, questions and marks as FPSC printed them.
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About the paper
CSS Botany is an optional paper in Group V of the CSS written exam, worth 100 marks. The 2026 paper allowed 3 hours. The 11 papers here, 2016 to 2026, set 77 questions between them.
Topics in the syllabus
- Algae, Fungi and Bryophytes
- Peteridophyta and Gymnosperms
- Anatomy and Embryology
- Taxonomy of Angiosperms
- Plant Physiology
- Ecology
- Cytology
- Genetics
- Evolution
- Molecular Biology