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Past Paper MCQs (English)

This page is for logging your attempts on the official CSS MPT past papers (2022, 2023, 2025, 2026 — found in your prep book) plus original practice MCQs in the same style, across all English sub-topics. I can't reproduce the copyrighted past paper questions from your book directly, so use the book for the real papers and this page to track scores + mistakes, plus drill on the style-matched practice set below.

📑 Past Paper Attempt Log (use for the book's actual past papers)

CSS MPT 2022 — English

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CSS MPT 2023 — English

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CSS MPT 2025 — English

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CSS MPT 2026 — English

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✍️ Style-Matched Practice Set (original, mixed categories — 25 MCQs)

Vocabulary (Synonym/Antonym)

  1. CANDID: (a) Dishonest (b) Frank (c) Careless (d) Shy — b
  2. The antonym of BENEVOLENT is: (a) Kind (b) Generous (c) Malevolent (d) Helpful — c
  3. METICULOUS is closest in meaning to: (a) Careless (b) Thorough (c) Fast (d) Lazy — b
  4. The antonym of SCARCE is: (a) Rare (b) Limited (c) Abundant (d) Small — c
  5. OBSOLETE means: (a) Modern (b) Outdated (c) Expensive (d) Rare — b

Sentence Correction

  1. Identify the correct sentence: (a) He don't like tea (b) He doesn't likes tea (c) He doesn't like tea (d) He not like tea — c
  2. Choose the correct sentence: (a) Each of the students have a book (b) Each of the students has a book (c) Each of the student have a book (d) Each of student has book — b
  3. Select the grammatically correct option: (a) She is married with a doctor (b) She is married to a doctor (c) She is married by a doctor (d) She is married for a doctor — b

Prepositions

  1. He is good ___ mathematics. (a) in (b) at (c) on (d) for — b
  2. She apologized ___ her mistake. (a) of (b) for (c) about (d) with — b
  3. The committee consists ___ five members. (a) in (b) with (c) of (d) for — c

Tenses

  1. By the time you arrive, I ___ already left. (a) will have (b) have (c) had (d) will — a
  2. She ___ here since 2015. (a) lives (b) is living (c) has lived (d) lived — c
  3. If it ___ tomorrow, the match will be cancelled. (a) rains (b) will rain (c) rained (d) is raining — a

Active/Passive Voice

  1. Choose the correct passive: "They are building a bridge." (a) A bridge built by them (b) A bridge is being built by them (c) A bridge was built by them (d) A bridge builds by them — b
  2. Choose the correct passive: "Who wrote this letter?" (a) By whom this letter was written? (b) By whom was this letter written? (c) This letter was written by whom? (d) Who was this letter written? — b

Direct/Indirect Speech

  1. He said, "I am busy." → (a) He said that he is busy (b) He said that he was busy (c) He says that he was busy (d) He said I am busy — b
  2. She said to me, "I will help you tomorrow." → (a) She told me that she would help me the next day (b) She said that she will help me tomorrow (c) She told me she will help tomorrow (d) She said to me that she would help the next day — a

Sentence Completion

  1. Despite his hard work, he ___ the exam. (a) passed (b) failed (c) topped (d) skipped — b
  2. The government introduced reforms to ___ corruption. (a) promote (b) curb (c) support (d) increase — b

Reading Comprehension — short passage

"Effective governance requires not only sound policies but also the institutional capacity to implement them. Many developing countries struggle not from a lack of good ideas, but from weak implementation mechanisms."

  1. According to the passage, what do many developing countries lack? (a) Good ideas (b) Strong implementation mechanisms (c) Sound policies (d) Government support — b
  2. The passage suggests that governance requires: (a) Only good policies (b) Only strong institutions (c) Both sound policies and implementation capacity (d) Neither — c

Modals

  1. You ___ have told me earlier! (a) should (b) can (c) may (d) will — a
  2. Students ___ not use phones during the exam. (a) can (b) must (c) might (d) could — b

Articles

  1. She is honest woman, and best in her field. (a) a / a (b) an / the (c) a / the (d) an / an — b

Score tracker

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