Compulsory · 100 marks
Quranic teachings, Seerah, Islamic civilisation and the application of Islamic principles to contemporary problems. Taken by Muslim candidates; non-Muslims sit Comparative Study of Major Religions instead.
25 papers, 2000 to 2024
Islamic Studies is a paper where most candidates know the material and still score poorly, because the marks sit in the application rather than the recall. The archive makes that pattern visible.
CSS 2025 mean score
30.3/100
That is the average mark real candidates scored on this paper in CSS 2025, against a 40 percent pass requirement. Our full analysis breaks down the score spread, pass rates and provincial split for all six compulsory papers.
Read the CSS 2025 compulsory results analysisSeparate the descriptive questions from the applied ones. The applied questions, on economy, governance, human rights and social justice, are where the spread between candidates opens up.
Collect the Quranic references and ahadith that recur across years. A small, well-used set of citations reads better than a long unsourced answer.
Compare how the same topic is asked in a 2005 paper and a 2023 paper. The subject matter holds steady while the framing moves toward contemporary application.
Compulsory papers are fixed at 600 marks for every candidate. Your optional subjects are the 600 you choose, and they decide your aggregate. Our assessment matches them to your degree and coursework using FPSC result data.
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