CSS MPT 2024
CSS MPT 2024 contains 200 multiple-choice questions drawn from the FPSC MPT syllabus. The screening test runs 200 minutes with a 33% pass mark (66/200) and no negative marking. The section-by-section split is below.
Section breakdown
| Section | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| General Abilities | 60 | 30% |
| General Knowledge | 54 | 27% |
| English | 51 | 26% |
| Urdu | 20 | 10% |
| Islamic Studies | 15 | 8% |
| Total | 200 |
| Section | Sub-section | Questions |
|---|---|---|
| General Abilities | 4.1 Arithmetic | 24 |
| 4.4 Logical & Analytical Reasoning | 15 | |
| 4.2 Algebra | 12 | |
| 4.3 Geometry | 7 | |
| 4.5 Mental Abilities | 2 | |
| General Knowledge | 5.3 Pakistan Affairs | 17 |
| 5.2 Current Affairs | 17 | |
| 5.1 Everyday Science | 16 | |
| 5.5 Geography | 3 | |
| 5.4 History | 1 | |
| English | 3.1 Grammar & Sentence Structure | 21 |
| 3.2 Vocabulary | 20 | |
| 3.3 Reading Comprehension | 10 | |
| Urdu | 2.3 Translation & Paragraph Context | 8 |
| 2.1 Grammar & Structure (قواعد) | 7 | |
| 2.4 Literature & Poetry | 5 | |
| Islamic Studies | 1.1 Seerah & Early History | 9 |
| 1.3 Quran & Hadith Studies | 3 | |
| 1.2 Beliefs, Worship & Fiqh | 3 |
How difficulty has shifted
FPSC has raised the difficulty of the MPT screening test year on year, deliberately narrowing the number of candidates who reach the written examination. Recent batches lean harder on applied reasoning and current affairs than on straight recall.