CSS MPT MCQs: Islamiat Practice Questions With Answers
20 Islamiat MCQs in the CSS MPT format, with answers — Quranic facts, the Five Pillars, and early Islamic history.
Islamiat is one of the five subjects tested in the CSS MPT screening stage, and like Pakistan Affairs, it rewards structured factual recall more than raw aptitude — which makes it one of the fastest sections to strengthen with focused MCQ practice. Below are 20 questions in the same one-line, four-option format the real MPT uses.
The Quran
1. How many Surahs (chapters) does the Quran contain?
- A) 100
- B) 114 ✅
- C) 120
- D) 99
2. How many Paras (sections) is the Quran divided into?
- A) 25
- B) 28
- C) 30 ✅
- D) 33
3. Which Surah is the longest in the Quran?
- A) Al-Fatiha
- B) Al-Baqarah ✅
- C) Yaseen
- D) Al-Ikhlas
4. The first revelation to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) occurred in which cave?
- A) Cave of Thawr
- B) Cave of Hira ✅
- C) Cave of Uhud
- D) Cave of Badr
The Five Pillars of Islam
5. How many pillars of Islam are there?
- A) Four
- B) Five ✅
- C) Six
- D) Seven
6. The Islamic declaration of faith is called:
- A) Salah
- B) Zakat
- C) Shahadah ✅
- D) Sawm
7. Zakat is obligatory on wealth held for how long?
- A) Six months
- B) One lunar year ✅
- C) Two lunar years
- D) One solar year
8. In which month of the Islamic calendar is fasting (Sawm) obligatory?
- A) Muharram
- B) Rajab
- C) Ramadan ✅
- D) Shawwal
Early Islamic History
9. The Hijrah (migration from Makkah to Madinah) took place in which year (CE)?
- A) 610
- B) 622 ✅
- C) 630
- D) 632
10. The Islamic (Hijri) calendar begins counting from:
- A) The Prophet's birth
- B) The first revelation
- C) The Hijrah ✅
- D) The conquest of Makkah
11. The Battle of Badr was fought in which year (CE)?
- A) 622
- B) 624 ✅
- C) 627
- D) 630
12. Who was the first Caliph of Islam?
- A) Hazrat Umar (RA)
- B) Hazrat Abu Bakr (RA) ✅
- C) Hazrat Uthman (RA)
- D) Hazrat Ali (RA)
13. The conquest of Makkah took place in which year (CE)?
- A) 628
- B) 630 ✅
- C) 632
- D) 624
14. The Farewell Sermon (Khutbah Hajjat-ul-Wida) was delivered on the plain of:
- A) Badr
- B) Uhud
- C) Arafat ✅
- D) Hunayn
Key Concepts
15. The Kaaba is located in:
- A) Madinah
- B) Makkah ✅
- C) Jerusalem
- D) Taif
16. The direction Muslims face in prayer is called the:
- A) Sunnah
- B) Hadith
- C) Qibla ✅
- D) Fatwa
17. A collection of the sayings and actions of the Prophet (PBUH) is called:
- A) Tafsir
- B) Hadith ✅
- C) Fiqh
- D) Seerah
18. Hajj is performed in which Islamic month?
- A) Ramadan
- B) Shawwal
- C) Dhul Hijjah ✅
- D) Muharram
19. The night on which the first revelation is believed to have occurred is called:
- A) Laylat al-Miraj
- B) Laylat al-Qadr ✅
- C) Laylat al-Bara'ah
- D) Laylat al-Isra
20. Which caliph compiled the Quran into a single standardized text?
- A) Hazrat Abu Bakr (RA)
- B) Hazrat Umar (RA)
- C) Hazrat Uthman (RA) ✅
- D) Hazrat Ali (RA)
How This Section Fits Your Prep
Islamiat questions in the MPT are almost entirely factual recall — there's no ambiguity to reason through, which means accuracy here comes down to exposure and repetition, exactly like Pakistan Affairs. Pair it with structured, timed practice rather than one-off reading, and it becomes one of the more reliable sections to lock in early.
HighYield's CSS MPT question bank covers Islamiat alongside English, General Knowledge, Mathematics and Urdu — every question explained. For Pakistan Affairs specifically, see our CSS MPT Pakistan Affairs practice questions. Try the first 20 questions of the full bank free, no sign-in required, from the CSS MPT question bank page.
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