CSS past papers

CSS English Essay Past Papers

11 CSS English Essay papers from 2016 to 2026, as text, each with its instructions, questions and marks as FPSC printed them.

CSS English Essay syllabus

Papers by year

2026 paper10 questions
2025 paper10 questions
2024 paper10 questions
2023 paper10 questions
2022 paper10 questions
2021 paper10 questions
2020 paper10 questions
2019 paper10 questions
2018 paper10 questions
2017 paper10 questions
2016 paper10 questions

About the paper

CSS English Essay is a compulsory paper of the CSS written exam, worth 100 marks. The 2026 paper allowed 3 hours. The 11 papers here, 2016 to 2026, set 110 essay topics between them.