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Solved CSS MPT 2026 practice set from Sir Adnan's 800 Premium one-liner booklet (Q1-50): 46 verified MCQs with answers and explanations on Operation Economic Outcast, the Pakistan-Kuwait Protocol Agreement 2026, the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement, the 2026 Bishkek SCO Summit, September 2026 Kyiv and US-Iran escalation, Spain's July 2026 wildfires, BRICS, G7, OIC, and Pakistan's current office-holders. A practice compilation, not an official past paper.
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About this paper
Practice set from the Sir Adnan '800-CSS MPT 2026 PREM' one-liner booklet (header '800-CSS MPT 2026 / ONE-LINER (PPSC/FPSC NEW TREND 2026-27) BY SIR ADNAN'), in the monster-data 'CSS MPT PAST PAPERS' pack. The booklet prints statement + answer only, so each item is published in the standard MCQ format with 3 authored plausible distractors under the 2026-10-28 single-format decision, optionsSource 'authored'. Only Q1-50 of the booklet's 480 printed items are published here (the cover claims 800 items but the file prints Q1-480; Q51-480 remain for later runs). NOT REPUBLISHED in this part: Q16 (same Russia-attacks-Ukraine fact as Q7), Q19 (same Makkah membership fact as Q10), Q28 (same THAAD fact as Q27) - all cross-linked, not re-extracted. DROPPED: Q39 (Zardari's 2025 China visit 'focus' - an editorial gloss, no single standard answer). CORRECTIONS (3, in keyFlag): Q18 Pakistan's SCO chairmanship term 2026-27 (booklet prints 2027-28); Q38 AJK Prime Minister Faisal Mumtaz Rathore (booklet prints Syed Iftikhar Ali Gillani); Q43 IG Sindh Jawed Alam Odho (booklet prints Ghulam Nabi Memon, retired 31 December 2025; the booklet itself lists Odho at Q470). NOTE flags: Q5 (France/Greece also had July 2026 fires) and Q12 (other Ukrainian cities were also struck). Year 2026 is the booklet's '2026' label, NOT a claimed exam session.
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Subject 1
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Correct Answer: 4 May 2023
Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari visited Goa, India, on 4-5 May 2023 for the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers meeting, his first visit to India as Foreign Minister.
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Correct Answer: Khawaja Muhammad Asif
Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif signed the Protocol Agreement-2026 with Kuwait's Defence Minister Sheikh Abdullah Ali Abdullah Al-Saleem Al-Sabah in Islamabad on 27 August 2026, expanding the Defence Cooperation Agreement-2023.
Correct Answer: 27 August 2026
Pakistan and Kuwait signed the Protocol Agreement-2026 in Islamabad/Rawalpindi on 27 August 2026, signed by Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif and Kuwait's Defence Minister Sheikh Abdullah Ali Abdullah Al-Saleem Al-Sabah.
Correct Answer: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia & Turkiye
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye signed the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement in August 2026 (signed at Mecca on 7 August), under which an armed attack on one member is considered an attack on all three.
Correct Answer: Pakistan
Pakistan is the third partner, with Saudi Arabia and Turkiye, in the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement signed in August 2026.
Topic Section
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Correct Answer: United States
The United States launched Operation Economic Outcast, announced by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on 24 August 2026 (dubbed Economic D-Day), a sanctions and financial-network campaign against the Iranian regime's revenue streams.
Correct Answer: August 2026
Operation Economic Outcast was announced by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on 24 August 2026.
Correct Answer: Iran
Operation Economic Outcast targets Iran's international financial networks, shadow banking, shadow fleet and military procurement networks, aiming to sever the Iranian regime's revenue streams.
Correct Answer: US-Iran
The United States and Iran were in direct military escalation in September 2026: US strikes hit about 100 Iranian coastal targets on 1 September, and the US naval blockade of Iranian ports continued alongside Operation Economic Outcast.
Correct Answer: USA
The United States was in direct military escalation with Iran in September 2026, with US strikes on Iranian coastal targets on 1 September and a continuing US naval blockade of Iranian ports.
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Correct Answer: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
The 26th SCO Council of Heads of State meeting was held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on 31 August-1 September 2026, chaired by President Sadyr Japarov; the rotating chair passed to Pakistan at its close.
Correct Answer: Islamabad
Pakistan assumed the SCO Council of Heads of State chairmanship for 2026-27 at the Bishkek summit and will host the 27th Council of Heads of State meeting in Islamabad in 2027.
Correct Answer: 2026-27
Pakistan assumed the rotating SCO Council of Heads of State chairmanship for 2026-27 at the Bishkek summit on 1 September 2026 and will host the 2027 summit in Islamabad.
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Correct Answer: Spain
Spain suffered severe July 2026 wildfires, including the Burgohondo fire on the Avila-Madrid border (23-28 July 2026), the largest wildfire recorded in Spain, with roughly 300,000 hectares burned in Spain during 2026.
Correct Answer: Zhu Rongji
Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (premier 1998-2003) died in Beijing on 12 August 2026 at the age of 97.
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Correct Answer: Russia
Russia carried out sustained missile and drone strikes on Ukraine through September 2026, including a massive strike on Kyiv and the Kyiv region on 30 September 2026 with Zircon and Onyx missiles, Iskander-M and S-400 ballistic missiles and 188 drones.
Correct Answer: Kyiv
Kyiv faced near non-stop Russian aerial assaults from 27 August 2026 through September, with daily air-raid alerts and a massive missile and drone barrage on 30 September 2026 that hit the city's energy infrastructure.
Correct Answer: 24 February 2022
Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022.
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Correct Answer: Karachi, Pakistan & North Arabian Sea
The multinational naval exercise AMAN-2025 was held in February 2025 off Karachi, Pakistan, in the North Arabian Sea.
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Correct Answer: Masoud Pezeshkian
Masoud Pezeshkian is the President of Iran, in office since July 2024.
Correct Answer: Sanae Takaichi
Sanae Takaichi became Prime Minister of Japan in October 2025.
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Correct Answer: 18th
The 2026 BRICS Summit hosted by India was the 18th BRICS summit, following the 16th (Kazan, 2024) and 17th (Rio de Janeiro, 2025) summits.
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Correct Answer: Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed
Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed assumed the duties of Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on 28 August 2026, succeeding Hissein Brahim Taha.
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Correct Answer: France
France hosted the 2026 G7 Summit at Evian; Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney attended as a guest leader, not as host.
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Correct Answer: China & Russia
UN Security Council Resolution 2803 on the Gaza peace plan (November 2025) was adopted 13-0, with China and Russia abstaining.
Subject 2
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Correct Answer: Brazil
Brazil will host the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2027, the first Women's World Cup held in South America.
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Correct Answer: 20 August
World Mosquito Day is observed on 20 August each year, commemorating Sir Ronald Ross's 1897 discovery that mosquitoes transmit malaria.
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Correct Answer: Pakistan
Pakistan will host the 14th South Asian Games in 2027, mainly in Lahore, Islamabad and Faisalabad, after repeated postponements from 2023.
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Correct Answer: United States
THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) is a United States missile defence system developed by the United States.
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Correct Answer: 81st
Indonesia marks Independence Day on 17 August; independence was proclaimed on 17 August 1945, so 2026 is the 81st anniversary.
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Correct Answer: 20 January 2021
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were inaugurated as President and Vice President of the United States on 20 January 2021.
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Correct Answer: 9 countries
Nine states possess nuclear weapons: the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel.
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Correct Answer: Arshad Nadeem
Arshad Nadeem won Pakistan's first individual Olympic gold medal in javelin throw at the Paris 2024 Olympics, with an Olympic-record throw of 92.97 m.
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Correct Answer: 27 January 2025
The West Indies beat Pakistan in the Multan Test ending 27 January 2025, their first Test win in Pakistan since 1990.
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Correct Answer: United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
UNICEF was founded in 1946 as the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund; it is now the United Nations Children's Fund, retaining the UNICEF acronym.
Subject 3
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Correct Answer: Nehal Hashmi
PML-N leader Nehal Hashmi took oath as Governor of Sindh on 13 March 2026, replacing Kamran Khan Tessori, who served from October 2022 to 12 March 2026.
Correct Answer: Amjad Hussain Azar
Amjad Hussain Azar of the PPP became Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan on 6 July 2026, after the June 2026 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly elections.
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Correct Answer: Ishaq Dar
Ishaq Dar is Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister.
Correct Answer: Rana Tanveer Hussain
Rana Tanveer Hussain is Pakistan's Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research.
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Correct Answer: Faisal Mumtaz Rathore
Faisal Mumtaz Rathore became the 16th Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir on 17 November 2025, after a no-confidence motion removed Chaudhry Anwarul Haq.
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Correct Answer: Lt. Gen. Muhammad Asim Malik
Lieutenant General Muhammad Asim Malik is the Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), in office since September 2024.
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Correct Answer: Heavy monsoon rains
Unprecedented heavy monsoon rains in 2022, combined with glacial melt, caused the catastrophic floods in Pakistan.
Correct Answer: Excessive rainfall & poor infrastructure
The 2022 floods were caused by excessive monsoon rainfall and aggravated by poor drainage and infrastructure, which left floodwater standing for months in Sindh and Balochistan.
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Correct Answer: Jawed Alam Odho
Jawed Alam Odho took charge as Sindh Inspector General of Police on 31 December 2025, when Ghulam Nabi Memon retired on attaining superannuation; the booklet itself lists Odho as current IG at Q470.
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Correct Answer: 10 Billion Tree Tsunami
The 10 Billion Tree Tsunami was the tree-plantation campaign launched under Imran Khan's government, expanding the earlier Billion Tree Tsunami of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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Correct Answer: Balochistan
Balochistan was the worst-hit province in 2024 with 27 reported polio cases, ahead of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (19) and Sindh (19), of 74 cases nationwide.
Source & verification
Built by GK360 from verified bank questions — every answer rechecked before publishing. Where the source printed no options, the answer options were prepared by GK360; the questions and correct answers are the verified originals.
Questions
No. This is a practice set built from Sir Adnan's 800 Premium one-liner booklet (Q1-50) for CSS MPT preparation. It is labelled practice in the title, slug and paperType and must not be quoted as an official past paper.
Q16, Q19 and Q28 restate facts already published in this same part (Q7, Q10 and Q27) and are cross-linked instead of re-extracted; Q39 is dropped because a visit's 'focus' is an editorial gloss with no single standard answer.
No. Each 2026-dated claim was checked against 2026 records: Operation Economic Outcast (announced 24 August 2026), the Pakistan-Kuwait Protocol Agreement (27 August 2026), the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement (August 2026), the Bishkek SCO Summit and Pakistan's 2026-27 chairmanship, the September 2026 Kyiv assaults and US-Iran escalation, Spain's July 2026 wildfires and Zhu Rongji's death on 12 August 2026 all verified; three booklet answers were corrected to the standard answer.
No. The booklet prints statement + answer only, so the three distractors per question are authored under Anas's 2026-10-28 single-format decision, recorded as optionsSource 'authored'.
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