CSS Islamic Studies — Topic-wise MCQ Navigator (2024–2026)

FPSC CSS Islamic Studies MCQ coverage: 60 questions across the complete Part-I pages of 2024, 2025 and 2026, mapped to 32 existing topic notes. Each topic page now includes the question, all options, a marked answer, a short explanation and a link to the year-wise paper.

The uploaded 2017–2023 PDFs contain the Part-II descriptive questions but do not reproduce Part-I MCQ items. Those years are therefore not represented by invented questions.

Year-wise solved MCQ papers

2024 — Islamic Studies (CSS) — 20 MCQs (2024)
2025 — Islamic Studies (CSS) — 20 MCQs (2025)
2026 — Islamic Studies (CSS) — 20 MCQs (2026)

I. Introduction to Islam — 12 MCQs

1.6 Tawheed — Types and Impact on Individual & Society — 1 MCQ (Tawhid and Monotheism)
1.12 Hajj — Meaning and Its Impacts — 2 MCQs (Hajj and its universality)
1.11 Zakat — System and Its Impacts — 3 MCQs (Zakat recipients and principles)
1.7 Self-Purification (Tazkiyah) and Ihsan — 3 MCQs (Tazkiyah and Sufism)
1.9 Salah — Prayer and Its Impacts — 1 MCQ (Salah and eclipse prayer)
1.5 Islamic Beliefs — Fundamentals of Iman — 2 MCQs (Fundamentals of Islamic Faith)

II. Seerah of the Prophet ﷺ — 16 MCQs

1. Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) — Life & Biography Overview — 5 MCQs (Biography and Seerah references)
3. Prophet (PBUH) as an Individual — 1 MCQ (Individual conduct)
4. Prophet (PBUH) as a Diplomat — 3 MCQs (Diplomacy and Hudaybiyyah)
5. Prophet (PBUH) as an Educator — 2 MCQs (Prophet as Educator)
6. Prophet (PBUH) as a Military Strategist — 3 MCQs (Military Strategy and Ghazwat)
8. Prophet (PBUH) and the Formation of Community & Society — 1 MCQ (Community formation and religious coexistence)
9. Complete Chronological Biography (Seerah Timeline) — Birth to Death — 1 MCQ (Seerah chronological timeline)

III. Human Rights and Status of Women — 8 MCQs

3. Rights of Inheritance for Women in Islam — 1 MCQ (Rights of Inheritance for Women)
5. Rights of Citizens in an Islamic State — 1 MCQ (Rights of Citizens in an Islamic State)
2. Human Respect & Dignity Irrespective of Color, Race and Creed — 2 MCQs (Human dignity)
7. Dignity of Men and Women in Islam — 1 MCQ (Dignity of Men and Women)
4. Human Rights Granted in Islam — 1 MCQ (Human Rights in Islam)
1. Rights of Women in Islam (in Context of the Feminist Movement) — 1 MCQ (Rights of Women in Islam)
6. Human Rights in the Light of the Last Sermon (Khutbah Hajjatul Wida) — 1 MCQ (The Farewell Sermon)

IV. Islamic Civilization and Culture — 3 MCQs

1. Meaning and Vital Elements of Islamic Civilization — 3 MCQs (Vital Elements of Islamic Civilization)

V. Islam and the World — 4 MCQs

1. Impact of Islamic Civilization on the West and Vice Versa — 1 MCQ (Islamic and Western Civilizations)
3. Muslim World and Contemporary Challenges — 1 MCQ (Muslim World and Contemporary Challenges)
9. Causes of Intellectual Decline of the Muslim Ummah — 1 MCQ (Muslim Reform and Anti-colonial Movements)
2. The Role of Islam in the Modern World — 1 MCQ (Role of Islam in the Modern World)

VI. Public Administration and Governance — 13 MCQs

6. Governance under the Pious Khilafah (Khilafat-e-Rashidah, 632–661 CE) — 2 MCQs (The Pious Caliphs (Rashidun))
10. System of Accountability (Hisbah) in Islam — 1 MCQ (Accountability (Hisbah))
5. Sources of Islamic Law (Usul al-Fiqh) — Detailed — 9 MCQs (Sources of Islamic Law, Hadith and Fiqh)
2. Quranic Guidance on Good Governance — 1 MCQ (Qur'anic Guidance on Governance)

VII. Islamic Code of Life — 4 MCQs

1.10 Sawm — Fasting and Its Impacts — 1 MCQ (Worship and Tayammum)
5. Islamic Economic System — Basic Principles & Financial Solutions — 2 MCQs (Islamic Economic System)
8. Judicial System in Islam — 1 MCQ (Judicial System of Islam)

Important answer-key checks

2024 · MCQ 13: The six Surahs named after Prophets are Yunus, Hud, Yusuf, Ibrahim, Muhammad and Nuh. The original Notion key mistakenly omitted Nuh; the year-wise answer has been corrected to D (6). Reference: https://www.banuri.edu.pk/readquestion/144509101533/25-03-2024
2025 · MCQ 14: Scholar Ali Hujwiri probably came to Lahore under Sultan Mas'ud Ghaznavi. The earlier Notion key incorrectly named Mahmud; changed to B (Masood) with source: https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/hojviri-abul-hasan-ali/
2024 · MCQ 14: Tayammum is addressed in both An-Nisa 4:43 and Al-Maidah 5:6, so the exam item has more than one textually valid Surah choice.
Other historically nuanced items: 2024 MCQs 7 and 15, 2025 MCQ 18 and 2026 MCQ 16 have explanatory cautions beside their entries. Memorise the best-supported fact, not merely a tentative MCQ key.

For revision, begin with the exact questions, hide the answer, select an option, and compare the explanation against the relevant theory notes. Do not assume an MCQ's answer is an official FPSC key simply because it appears in a study compilation.