CSS MPT MCQs: Urdu Practice Questions With Answers

15 Urdu-language MCQs in the CSS MPT format, with answers — grammar, muhavare (idioms) and well-known literary facts.

The Urdu section of CSS MPT completes the bank's 5-subject structure alongside English, General Knowledge, Islamiat and Mathematics. It tests grammar fundamentals, muhavare (idioms) and widely-known literary facts — not advanced literary criticism. Below are 15 questions in the same format the real MPT uses.

Grammar (گرامر)

1. "کتاب" (kitab) is grammatically which gender in Urdu?

A) مذکر (Muzakkar/Masculine)
B) مؤنث (Muannas/Feminine) ✅
C) Neither
D) Both

2. What is the plural form of "لڑکا" (larka, boy)?

A) لڑکیاں
B) لڑکے ✅
C) لڑکوں
D) لڑکا

Muhavare (Idioms)

3. The muhavara "آنکھوں میں دھول جھونکنا" (aankhon mein dhool jhonkna) means:

A) To cry
B) To deceive someone ✅
C) To sleep
D) To travel

4. The muhavara "دانتوں تلے انگلی دبانا" (dandton talay ungli dabana) expresses:

A) Anger
B) Astonishment/surprise ✅
C) Sadness
D) Jealousy

Literary Figures

5. Mirza Ghalib is most associated with which poetic form?

A) Nazm
B) Ghazal ✅
C) Marsia
D) Qasida

6. Allama Iqbal is commonly referred to as:

A) Shair-e-Inqilab
B) Shair-e-Mashriq ✅
C) Shair-e-Watan
D) Shair-e-Ishq

7. Who is considered the father of the modern Urdu short story?

A) Saadat Hasan Manto
B) Munshi Premchand ✅
C) Ismat Chughtai
D) Krishan Chandar

Parts of Speech

8. In Urdu grammar, "اسم" (ism) refers to a:

A) Verb
B) Noun ✅
C) Adjective
D) Pronoun

9. "فعل" (fiil) in Urdu grammar means:

A) Noun
B) Adjective
C) Verb ✅
D) Preposition

Synonyms & Antonyms

10. What is the antonym of "روشنی" (roshni, light)?

A) چمک
B) اندھیرا ✅
C) نور
D) دن

11. Which word is closest in meaning to "خوش" (khush, happy)?

A) اداس
B) مسرور ✅
C) ناراض
D) پریشان

Proverbs (ضرب الامثال)

12. "اندھوں میں کانا راجہ" is a proverb meaning:

A) Blindness is a virtue
B) A person with one skill stands out among the unskilled ✅
C) Kings are always right
D) None of the above

Sentence Structure

13. Standard Urdu sentence word order typically follows:

A) Subject–Verb–Object
B) Subject–Object–Verb ✅
C) Verb–Subject–Object
D) Object–Verb–Subject

Script & Origin

14. The Urdu script is written in which direction?

A) Left to right
B) Right to left ✅
C) Top to bottom
D) Bottom to top

15. Urdu is written using a script derived primarily from:

A) Devanagari
B) Perso-Arabic (Nastaliq) ✅
C) Latin
D) Gurmukhi

Why This Section Is Worth Practicing Directly

Because Urdu MPT questions lean on stable grammar rules and well-known idioms/literary facts rather than shifting current events, this section behaves like Islamiat and Pakistan Affairs — accuracy comes from structured exposure and repetition, making it one of the more reliably improvable sections with focused practice.

This completes HighYield's coverage of all 5 CSS MPT subjects — Pakistan Affairs, Islamiat, Mathematics, English and Urdu — each explained in the full bank. Try the first 20 questions free, no sign-in required, from the CSS MPT question bank page.