FPSC Urdu MCQs: Practice Questions With Answers

Sample FPSC Urdu MCQs covering grammar, muhavare (idioms), and well-known literary figures, with answers explained.

Why Urdu Matters for FPSC

Urdu appears across a wide range of FPSC recruitment tests, either as its own paper or as part of the General Knowledge portion, depending on the post advertised. Like Islamiyat, it rewards structured practice rather than current-affairs cramming — the same grammar rules, idioms, and literary facts come up in slightly different combinations year after year. Below are sample MCQs grouped by theme, with the correct answer marked and a short explanation for each.

Grammar

1. "قلم" (qalam, pen) is grammatically which gender in Urdu?
A) مذکر (Muzakkar/Masculine) ✅ B) مؤنث (Muannas/Feminine) C) Neither D) Both
Explanation: "قلم" is treated as grammatically masculine in standard Urdu usage.

2. What is the plural form of "لڑکی" (larki, girl)?
A) لڑکیاں ✅ B) لڑکوں C) لڑکیوں D) لڑکی
Explanation: Feminine nouns ending in "ی" typically pluralise by changing the ending to "یاں", giving "لڑکیاں".

Muhavare (Idioms)

3. The muhavara "آسمان سے باتیں کرنا" (aasman se baatein karna) is used to describe:
A) Something extremely tall or a great achievement ✅ B) Talking too much C) Praying D) Feeling lost
Explanation: Literally "talking to the sky", it describes something (a building, an ambition) reaching extraordinary heights.

4. The muhavara "اپنے منہ میاں مٹھو بننا" (apne moonh mian mithoo banna) means:
A) To stay silent B) To praise oneself ✅ C) To apologise D) To help others
Explanation: It describes someone boasting about or praising themselves, rather than being praised by others.

Literary Figures

5. Allama Iqbal's famous poem "Lab Pe Aati Hai Dua" is written from whose point of view?
A) A soldier B) A child ✅ C) A farmer D) A teacher
Explanation: The poem is a child's prayer, widely recited in Pakistani schools, asking for guidance and the strength to serve one's country and faith.

Grammar: Parts of Speech

6. "حرف جار" (harf-e-jaar) in Urdu grammar refers to which part of speech?
A) Verb B) Adjective C) Preposition ✅ D) Adverb
Explanation: "حرف جار" is the Urdu grammatical term for a preposition — a word that links a noun/pronoun to the rest of the sentence.

Vocabulary: Synonyms & Antonyms

7. Which word is closest in meaning to "علم" (ilm, knowledge)?
A) دانش ✅ B) جہالت C) غفلت D) شور
Explanation: "دانش" (danish, wisdom/learning) is the closest synonym to "علم" (ilm, knowledge) among the options.

8. What is the antonym of "سچ" (sach, truth)?
A) حق B) جھوٹ ✅ C) بات D) خبر
Explanation: "جھوٹ" (jhoot, lie/falsehood) is the direct antonym of "سچ" (sach, truth).

Script & Language Family

9. Urdu belongs to which language family?
A) Semitic B) Indo-Aryan (Indo-European) ✅ C) Sino-Tibetan D) Dravidian
Explanation: Urdu is an Indo-Aryan language, part of the wider Indo-European family, closely related to Hindi in grammar and core vocabulary, and written in a Perso-Arabic script.

Keep Practicing

These are just a sample. Urdu rewards the same structured, repetition-based practice that works for Islamiyat — see the full set alongside the other subjects tested, including FPSC Islamiyat MCQs and FPSC Pakistan Studies MCQs, in HighYield's complete CSS MPT question bank.