CSS · Federal Public Service Commission · 2026
48 solved CSS MPT English MCQs from the Sir Adnan 'CSS MPT PAST PAPERS' booklet - synonyms, antonyms, spelling, grammar, prepositions and idioms with verified answers and explanations. A booklet section, not an official past paper.
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The English section of the Sir Adnan booklet 'CSS MPT PAST PAPERS - MCQs (FPSC NEW TREND 2025-26)' (monster-data 'CSS MPT PAST PAPERS' pack). The booklet prints 50 English items with (a)-(d) options; its marked answers are set in bold in the PDF, so they were read visually (the text layer does not preserve the bolding) and every answer was reconciled to standard grammar and vocabulary. 48 items are published; printed Q10 and Q30 are dropped (see FAQ). The year 2026 is the booklet's 'NEW TREND 2025-26' label, not a claimed exam session, and this file is a section of a commercial compilation, never an official past paper.
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8 solved MCQs shown directly below
Correct Answer: Forsake
To abandon is to leave completely and finally; forsake is its synonym, while keep, guard and maintain are opposites.
Correct Answer: Frank
Candid means frank and outspoken, saying what one really thinks.
Correct Answer: Fluent
Eloquent means fluent and persuasive in speech; fluent is its synonym.
Correct Answer: Wrongdoings
Misdeeds are wrong or evil deeds; wrongdoings is its synonym.
Correct Answer: Clear
Transparent means allowing light through so objects behind can be seen; clear is its synonym, while hidden, secret and thick are opposites.
Correct Answer: Complex
Intricate means very detailed and complicated; complex is its synonym, while simple and easy are antonyms.
Correct Answer: Rarely
Seldom means not often, rarely; it does not mean never.
Correct Answer: Huge
Enormous means very large; huge is its synonym, while tiny, narrow and weak are opposites.
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Correct Answer: Malevolent
Benevolent means kind and well-meaning; malevolent (wishing evil) is its antonym, while kind, generous and helpful are synonyms.
Correct Answer: Willing
Reluctant means unwilling or hesitant; willing is its antonym, while hesitant is a synonym.
Correct Answer: Informed
Ignorant means lacking knowledge; informed (having knowledge) is its antonym, while unaware, stupid and dull lean toward synonyms.
Correct Answer: Pessimist
An optimist expects the best outcome; a pessimist expects the worst, so pessimist is the direct antonym.
Correct Answer: Miserly
Generous means giving freely; miserly (stingy, hoarding) is its antonym, while kind and noble are near-synonyms.
Topic Section
2 solved MCQs shown directly below
Correct Answer: Accommodate
The correct spelling is accommodate: double 'c' and double 'm' (ac- + -commodate).
Correct Answer: Supersede
The correct spelling is supersede (super- + -sede, from Latin sedere); it is the one English word of this family spelled with -sede rather than -cede.
Topic Section
7 solved MCQs shown directly below
Correct Answer: To refuse to listen
To turn a deaf ear is deliberately to refuse to listen to a plea or request.
Correct Answer: Start a conversation
To break the ice is to ease social awkwardness by starting a conversation, especially with strangers.
Correct Answer: End a quarrel
To bury the hatchet is to make peace and end a quarrel (from the Native American custom of burying weapons as a peace gesture).
Correct Answer: Get to the main point
To cut to the chase is to get directly to the main point without preliminaries (from film editing, cutting to the chase scene).
Correct Answer: To live within one's income
To make both ends meet is to live within one's income, managing on what one earns.
Correct Answer: To avoid the main topic
To beat about the bush is to avoid saying what one means, going around the topic instead of addressing it directly.
Correct Answer: He was cheerful
To be in high spirits is to be cheerful and lively.
Topic Section
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Correct Answer: A letter was written by him
Past-simple active 'He wrote a letter' becomes past-simple passive 'A letter was written by him'; the tense must stay past, so the present-tense option D is wrong.
Correct Answer: goes
With third-person singular 'she' in the habitual present, the verb takes -s: she goes.
Correct Answer: at
The fixed collocation is 'good at' a subject or activity.
Correct Answer: He did not go there
After auxiliary 'did', the main verb stays in base form: did not go. 'Did not went', 'didn't goes' and 'doesn't went' all break that rule.
Correct Answer: an
'Honest' begins with a silent 'h', so its first sound is a vowel sound and it takes 'an'.
Correct Answer: She said that she was happy.
In reported speech the reporting verb is past, so present 'am' backshifts to 'was' and the pronoun changes to 'she'.
Correct Answer: are
With 'neither ... nor', the verb agrees with the nearer subject: 'his friends' is plural, so 'are'.
Correct Answer: working
After 'have been', the present-perfect-continuous form requires the -ing form: have been working.
Correct Answer: He is senior to me.
'Senior' is a comparative adjective of Latin origin and takes 'to', not 'than'; 'more senior' is also incorrect because the comparative is already built into the word.
Correct Answer: Almost none
In this proverb 'little' means hardly any: a small, incomplete amount of knowledge is dangerous.
Correct Answer: will have finished
'By this time tomorrow' points to an action completed before a future point, which requires the future perfect: will have finished.
Correct Answer: on
The fixed collocation is 'depend on' someone or something.
Correct Answer: The news is shocking.
'News' is a singular uncountable noun despite its -s ending, so it takes a singular verb: the news is.
Correct Answer: Criteria
Criterion is a Greek noun; its plural is criteria (the -on to -a pattern, as in phenomenon/phenomena).
Correct Answer: He said that he would go the next day.
In reported speech 'will' backshifts to 'would' and 'tomorrow' becomes 'the next day'.
Correct Answer: me
After the preposition 'between', the object pronoun is required: between you and me.
Correct Answer: of
The fixed collocation is 'accused of' an offence.
Correct Answer: was
'Each' is singular, so the verb is singular: each ... was given a prize, regardless of the plural 'boys' in the phrase.
Correct Answer: yet
The second clause contrasts with the first (studying hard but failing), so the contrastive conjunction 'yet' is required.
Correct Answer: saw
After 'since' with a point in the past, the past simple is used: since I saw her.
Correct Answer: Phenomena
Phenomenon is a Greek noun; its plural is phenomena (the -on to -a pattern, as in criterion/criteria).
Correct Answer: is
'Neither of' takes a singular verb in standard formal usage: neither of the answers is correct.
Correct Answer: to
The fixed collocation is 'prefer ... to ...', not 'prefer than'.
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Correct Answer: Relative pronoun
'Which' here introduces the relative clause 'which you gave me' and refers back to 'the book', so it is a relative pronoun.
Correct Answer: Noun
Curiosity names a quality (a state of being curious); it is an abstract noun, not a verb, adjective or adverb.
Correct Answer: Conjunction
'Yet' here joins two contrasting clauses ('he ran fast' / 'he missed the train'), so it is a coordinating conjunction.
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No. It is the English section of a Sir Adnan commercial booklet titled 'CSS MPT PAST PAPERS'. It is published as a section, never as a full paper or an official past paper; the booklet's Islamiat section was published separately (overlapping the already-published 2026 mock) and its Urdu section was published separately.
Printed Q10 (opposite of Ancient) is dropped: both 'Modern' and 'Contemporary' are defensible antonyms among the options, so no single standard answer is identifiable - the booklet's bold mark picks Contemporary, but Modern is the usual one-liner answer. Printed Q30 ('Honesty is the best policy. The underlined word is -') is dropped: no word is underlined in the print, even at 300 dpi, so the tested word cannot be identified.
The booklet marks its answers in bold type in the PDF. An earlier text-layer survey therefore misreported the section as key-less; the bold key was read visually page by page for this conversion, and every bold answer was then checked against standard grammar and vocabulary - all 48 published answers agree with the standard answer.
Vocabulary synonyms and antonyms, spelling, grammar (articles, prepositions, tense, subject-verb agreement, reported speech, passive voice), parts of speech, and idioms including 'turn a deaf ear', 'break the ice', 'bury the hatchet', 'cut to the chase', 'make both ends meet' and 'beat about the bush'.
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