Q 1 General Knowledge Geography — Continents
How many countries are there in Asia?
View answer & explanation Ans: 49
Correct Answer: 49
On the booklet's conventional one-liner tally, Asia has 49 countries; its own summary table repeats 49.
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CSS · Federal Public Service Commission · 2026
Continent Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) Solved MCQs
13 solved continent facts MCQs with verified answers and explanations: Asia 49, Europe 50, Africa 54, North America 23, South America 12, Oceania 14, Antarctica 0, 193 UN members and 195 countries including observers. A Sir Adnan practice booklet, not an official CSS MPT past paper.
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A 13-item practice set on continents and country counts from the Sir Adnan booklet 'CONTINENT FACTS GK' in the monster-data 'CSS MPT PAST PAPERS' pack. The booklet prints 20 statement + answer items; 13 are published here in the standard MCQ format with authored distractors, verified answers and explanations. Seven items were dropped, never rewritten: printed Q9 (which continent has the smallest number of countries — the booklet answers South America (12), but Antarctica (0) is smaller on its own list, so no single standard answer is identifiable as printed) and printed Q13–Q18 (exact internal duplicates of Q1–Q6, phrased in reverse). One answer was corrected with a flag: printed Q20 listed North America (23) among continents with fewer than 20 countries; Antarctica (0) replaces it. Continent counts are convention-dependent and are published on the booklet's tally, flagged as such. The year 2026 is the booklet's 'NEW TREND 2025-26' label, NOT a claimed exam session, and the set is labelled practice, never a past paper.
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Continent Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack)
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Geography — Continents
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Q 2 General Knowledge Geography — Continents
How many countries are there in Europe?
View answer & explanation Ans: 50
Correct Answer: 50
On the booklet's conventional one-liner tally, Europe has 50 countries; its own summary table repeats 50.
Q 3 General Knowledge Geography — Continents
How many countries are there in Africa?
View answer & explanation Ans: 54
Correct Answer: 54
Africa has 54 recognised countries, the most of any continent, and is also the largest by that count in the booklet's table.
Q 4 General Knowledge Geography — Continents
How many countries are there in North America?
View answer & explanation Ans: 23
Correct Answer: 23
North America has 23 sovereign states on the standard seven-continent count used in the booklet.
Q 5 General Knowledge Geography — Continents
How many countries are there in South America?
View answer & explanation Ans: 12
Correct Answer: 12
South America has 12 sovereign states, the fewest among the inhabited continents on the booklet's tally.
Q 6 General Knowledge Geography — Continents
How many countries are there in Oceania?
View answer & explanation Ans: 14
Correct Answer: 14
Oceania has 14 sovereign states on the booklet's tally (Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific island states).
Q 7 General Knowledge Geography — Continents
How many countries are there in Antarctica?
View answer & explanation Ans: 0
Correct Answer: 0
Antarctica has no sovereign states and no permanent countries; seven nations maintain territorial claims there under the Antarctic Treaty System, but none is a country of Antarctica.
Q 8 General Knowledge Geography — Continents
Which continent has the largest number of countries?
View answer & explanation Ans: Africa
Correct Answer: Africa
Africa, with 54 countries, has more countries than any other continent on the booklet's tally.
Q 9 General Knowledge Geography — Continents
How many total countries are recognised in the world (UN members)?
View answer & explanation Ans: 193
Correct Answer: 193
The United Nations has 193 member states.
Q 10 General Knowledge Geography — Continents
Including observer states, how many total countries are there in the world?
View answer & explanation Ans: 195
Correct Answer: 195
193 UN member states plus 2 observer states gives the commonly cited total of 195 countries.
Q 11 General Knowledge Geography — Continents
How many observer states does the UN have?
View answer & explanation Ans: 2 (Vatican City and Palestine)
Correct Answer: 2 (Vatican City and Palestine)
The UN has two non-member observer states: the Holy See (Vatican City) and the State of Palestine.
Q 12 General Knowledge Geography — Continents
How many continents have more than 40 countries?
View answer & explanation Ans: 3 (Africa, Asia and Europe)
Correct Answer: 3 (Africa, Asia and Europe)
On the booklet's tally, Africa (54), Asia (49) and Europe (50) are all above 40, so 3 continents qualify.
Q 13 General Knowledge Geography — Continents
How many continents have less than 20 countries?
View answer & explanation Ans: 3 (South America, Oceania and Antarctica)
Correct Answer: 3 (South America, Oceania and Antarctica)
On the booklet's own counts, South America (12), Oceania (14) and Antarctica (0) are below 20, so 3 continents qualify.
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Is this an official CSS MPT past paper? +
No. This is a practice set from a Sir Adnan booklet titled 'CONTINENT FACTS GK' (PPSC/FPSC New Trend 2025-26). It is labelled as practice in the title, slug and paperType, and the year 2026 is the booklet's label, not a claimed exam session.
How many questions are published? +
13 of the 20 printed items. Printed Q9 was dropped as ambiguous (Antarctica's 0 is smaller than South America's 12 on the booklet's own list), and printed Q13–Q18 were dropped as exact internal duplicates of Q1–Q6.
Why do the continent counts differ from other lists? +
Continent country counts depend on convention: transcontinental states (such as Russia and Turkey) are counted in both Europe and Asia in some tallies, and non-UN states are counted differently. Published figures for Asia range from 46 to 49 and for Europe from 44 to 51; this set publishes the booklet's tally (Asia 49, Europe 50) and flags it as convention-dependent.
What was corrected in this set? +
Printed Q20 listed North America among continents with fewer than 20 countries, but North America has 23 countries on the booklet's own tally. The corrected answer is South America (12), Oceania (14) and Antarctica (0) — still 3 continents — and the correction is flagged on the question.