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Solved CSS MPT 2026 practice set from Sir Adnan's 800 Premium one-liner booklet (Q151–202): 47 verified MCQs with answers and explanations on the PIA privatisation, Pakistan's 5G auction, the AJK elections, the Tatarstan strike, the Minab school, Nepal's new prime minister, ADB lending, the FATF presidency and Venezuela's ICC withdrawal. A practice compilation, not an official past paper.
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47
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Subjects
2
Topics
26
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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 Q151–202 of the booklet's 480 printed items are published here (the cover claims 800 items but the file prints Q1-480; Q203-480 remain for later runs). NOT REPUBLISHED in this part: Q157 (Makkah Joint Defence Agreement, same fact as Q138/Q120 in the Q101-150 part) and Q174-176 (2026 NATO Summit venue Ankara, 36th edition, 7-8 July 2026 dates, exact repeats of Q147 in the Q101-150 part) - all cross-linked, not re-extracted. DROPPED, never inferred: Q172 (SSST 'approved for satellite internet in Pakistan' - wrong premise: SSST had no Pakistan operating permission/NOC at compilation and was only seeking entry; the neighbouring Q173 LEO-orbit fact is published with a note recording this). NOTE flags: Q169 (Minab school struck 28 February 2026; UN fact-finding mission September 2026), Q173 (SSST LEO constellation; approval claim not published), Q198 (Venezuela's ICC withdrawal notified 24 July 2026, effective 24 July 2027; ongoing investigation unaffected). 2026 claims checked against 2026 records: PIA privatisation (Arif Habib Consortium, 75%, Rs 135 billion), the 5G auction of 10 March 2026 ($507 million, 480 MHz), AJK phase 3 in Poonch Division (10 August 2026), the 10 August 2026 Tatarstan strike, Pakistan-Bangladesh flights after 14 years (29 January 2026), Balendra Shah sworn in at 35 (27 March 2026), the Minab school strike, the Hepatitis Day 2026 theme, Giles Thomson's FATF presidency (1 July 2026-30 June 2028), and Venezuela's ICC withdrawal (24 July 2026). 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: 14 years
Direct Pakistan-Bangladesh flights resumed in January 2026 after a 14-year gap: Biman Bangladesh Airlines' inaugural Dhaka-Karachi flight BG341 landed at Karachi on 29 January 2026, the first regular direct service since 2012.
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Correct Answer: 10 March 2026
Pakistan's Next Generation Mobile Services/5G spectrum auction was held on 10 March 2026, selling 480 MHz of spectrum for about $507 million to Jazz (190 MHz), Ufone (180 MHz) and Zong (110 MHz).
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Correct Answer: Poonch Division
The 2026 Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly elections were held in three phases: Mirpur Division on 27 July, Muzaffarabad Division on 2 August, and Poonch Division (Bagh, Haveli, Poonch, Sudhnoti) on 10 August 2026.
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Correct Answer: Tatarstan
On 10 August 2026 Ukrainian drones struck Nizhnekamsk in Russia's Republic of Tatarstan, hitting the TANECO oil refinery and killing at least 13 people, in one of the deadliest single strikes on Russian territory of the war.
Correct Answer: Ukraine
Ukraine's General Staff confirmed its forces hit the TANECO oil refinery at Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan, in the 10 August 2026 drone attack.
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Correct Answer: Pakistan
Pakistan will host the 2027 South Asian Games, the first time it hosts the Games since 2004.
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Correct Answer: Arif Habib Consortium
An Arif Habib-led consortium won the December 2025 auction for a 75% stake in Pakistan International Airlines, beating the Lucky Cement-led consortium's Rs 134 billion with a Rs 135 billion bid.
Correct Answer: 75%
The Arif Habib Consortium acquired a 75% controlling stake in Pakistan International Airlines; the government retained 25% initially, later sold as well.
Correct Answer: Rs. 135 billion
The Arif Habib Consortium's winning bid for 75% of PIA was Rs 135 billion, narrowly above Lucky Cement's Rs 134 billion; 92.5% of the proceeds were reinvested in the airline as new equity.
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Correct Answer: Miguel Díaz-Canel
Miguel Díaz-Canel has been President of Cuba since 2019, succeeding Raúl Castro, and also serves as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba.
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Correct Answer: Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School, Minab
The Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary School in Minab, Hormozgan Province, was struck on 28 February 2026, the first day of the US-Israeli war on Iran; a UN fact-finding mission reported in September 2026 that the strike killed more than 150 people, most of them children.
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Correct Answer: Balendra Shah
Balendra 'Balen' Shah became Prime Minister of Nepal on 27 March 2026 after his Rastriya Swatantra Party won the 5 March elections, defeating K. P. Sharma Oli in Jhapa-5.
Correct Answer: 35 years
Balendra Shah was sworn in as Nepal's Prime Minister on 27 March 2026 at age 35, the youngest prime minister in the country's history and the first from the Madhes region.
Correct Answer: Mohammed Shahabuddin
Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin resigned in July 2026 citing health concerns, and was succeeded by Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, elected on 20 August 2026.
Correct Answer: 24 July 2026
Mohammed Shahabuddin resigned as President of Bangladesh on 24 July 2026; acting president Hafiz Uddin Ahmad held the office until Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir's election on 20 August 2026.
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Correct Answer: Hepatitis: Let's break it down
The World Health Organization's World Hepatitis Day 2026 theme was 'Hepatitis: Let's break it down', a call to remove the barriers between people and lifesaving hepatitis services.
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Correct Answer: Afghanistan
Afghanistan held the weakest passport in the Henley Passport Index in July 2026, with visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to the fewest destinations of any country.
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Correct Answer: Giles Thomson
Giles Thomson of the United Kingdom is President of the Financial Action Task Force from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2028, succeeding Elisa de Anda Madrazo of Mexico.
Correct Answer: United Kingdom
Giles Thomson is a United Kingdom official; the UK holds the FATF Presidency for 2026-2028.
Correct Answer: International Criminal Court (ICC)
Venezuela withdrew from the International Criminal Court in 2026: on 24 July 2026 it notified the UN Secretary-General of its withdrawal from the Rome Statute, accusing the Court of bias against the Global South.
Correct Answer: July 2026
Venezuela's withdrawal from the ICC was announced in July 2026: Foreign Minister Félix Plasencia announced on 24 July 2026 that Venezuela had notified the UN of its 'firm and irrevocable' decision to withdraw from the Rome Statute.
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Correct Answer: Syed Murad Ali Shah
Syed Murad Ali Shah is the Chief Minister of Sindh, serving his third term since February 2024.
Correct Answer: 27 February 2024
Syed Murad Ali Shah took oath as Chief Minister of Sindh for his third term on 27 February 2024, after the February 2024 provincial elections.
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Correct Answer: Philippines & United States
Balikatan is the annual military exercise between the Philippines and the United States; the 2026 edition was again held by the two allies.
Subject 2
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Correct Answer: Elon Musk
Elon Musk is the founder and CEO of SpaceX; Gwynne Shotwell is its president and chief operating officer.
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Correct Answer: Spain
Spain won the 2026 FIFA World Cup, beating Argentina 1-0 in the final at MetLife Stadium on 19 July 2026 through Ferran Torres' 106th-minute goal.
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Correct Answer: 10th
The 2026 Women's T20 World Cup, hosted by England and Wales and won by Australia, was the 10th edition of the tournament (the 2024 edition was the 9th).
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Correct Answer: Italy
The 2026 Winter Olympics were hosted by Italy, centred on Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.
Correct Answer: Milan & Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics were staged in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, with events spread across northern Italy.
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Correct Answer: Journalism
The Pulitzer Prizes' major field is journalism: most of the annual prizes reward newspaper, magazine and online journalism, alongside books, drama and music categories.
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Correct Answer: Washington, D.C., USA
The International Monetary Fund is headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, where it was founded at the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference.
Correct Answer: Japan
Japan is the largest shareholder of the Asian Development Bank, holding the joint-largest voting share with the United States.
Correct Answer: Manila, Philippines
The Asian Development Bank, founded in 1966, is headquartered in Manila, Philippines.
Correct Answer: 68 countries
The Asian Development Bank has 68 member countries: 49 from Asia and the Pacific and 19 from outside the region.
Correct Answer: 19 countries
Of the ADB's 68 members, 49 are from Asia and the Pacific and 19 are from outside the region.
Correct Answer: Pakistan
Pakistan was the largest recipient of Asian Development Bank-funded programmes in 2022, receiving $5.58 billion of the $31.8 billion disbursed to 40 countries, per the ADB Annual Report 2022.
Correct Answer: $5.58 billion
Pakistan received $5.58 billion in ADB loans in 2022, including $2.67 billion in concessional funding, making it the year's largest ADB recipient.
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Correct Answer: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology (SSST) operates a low Earth orbit constellation (the Qianfan/Spacesail constellation) for satellite broadband.
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Correct Answer: 28 July
World Hepatitis Day is observed annually on 28 July, the birthday of hepatitis B discoverer Baruch Blumberg, to raise awareness of viral hepatitis.
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Correct Answer: Zhurong
Zhurong is China's Mars rover, delivered by the Tianwen-1 mission, which landed in Utopia Planitia in May 2021.
Correct Answer: Mars
With Zhurong's May 2021 landing, China became the third country, after the Soviet Union and the United States, to land a rover on Mars.
Correct Answer: Wang Yaping
Wang Yaping became the first Chinese woman to perform a spacewalk during the Shenzhou-13 mission in November 2021.
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Correct Answer: Gurdeep Singh
Gurdeep Singh, elected from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2021, was the first Sikh member of Pakistan's Senate.
Correct Answer: 103 votes
Gurdeep Singh secured 103 votes in the 2021 Senate election from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, winning the minority seat.
Correct Answer: 2026
Abdul Sattar Edhi, Pakistan's renowned philanthropist and founder of the Edhi Foundation, died on 8 July 2016, so his 10th death anniversary was observed in 2026.
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Correct Answer: 30 August 2021
The United States completed its military withdrawal from Afghanistan on 30 August 2021, ending the 20-year war after the fall of Kabul on 15 August 2021.
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Correct Answer: Shoulder-to-shoulder
Balikatan is a Tagalog word meaning 'shoulder-to-shoulder', the name of the annual Philippines-United States military exercise.
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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 (Q151–202) for CSS MPT preparation. It is labelled practice in the title, slug and paperType and must not be quoted as an official past paper.
Q157 and Q174-176 repeat facts already published in the Q101-150 part and are cross-linked instead of re-extracted; Q172 is dropped because its premise is wrong - SSST had no Pakistan operating permission at compilation, it was only seeking entry.
No. Each 2026-dated claim was checked against 2026 records, including the PIA sale, the 5G auction date, the AJK election phases, the Tatarstan strike, the Minab school strike, Nepal's new prime minister, the FATF presidency and Venezuela's ICC withdrawal.
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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