AOA. First of all congratulation on your success and best wishes for the upcoming CTP. I have been reading your valuable posts/suggestions regularly. Though i haven't posted any comment/post in this thread so far, but i used to read the posts of this thread on regular basis and some of the posts had really helped me a lot especially regarding preparation of Islamic history/journalism. You are doing very commendable job and i think its the reason of your success (your humble and kind nature).
I am a veterinary doctor, serving in Pak Army as civilian Vet Officer and appeared in CSS-2012 but that was not my best effort. As a result after the exam, i started preparation for next year exam(css-2013).My optionals are Islamic History, Journalism, Sociology,Public ad and Pashto(my mother tongue).Kindly comment on my optionals and suggest a single book which cover the whole course of Islamiat (compulsory) and Islamiat can be attempted both in urdu and english, whats your view?which one is best english or Urdu?
Thanx for reading such a lengthy post.
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i have done metric in science , f,sc in pre engineering and then electronics engineering recently and now studying for CE of CSS. my optional subjects are Psychology, Sociology, Forestry, and the last of 200 marks i am having lot of trouble to opt. please guide me the best option. as i have less time already. email is written on my id

i need to know about the best books of psychology ?forestry? and sociology?

thanks mano g
well I have gone through the syllabus of Geography. Although it is a bit technical but i can handle it..
please suggest any good book of geography.

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Respected Mano G

I went through some previous posts at this forum related to the UN program of youth induction. I found your posts there as well. Since young induction is conducted every year as per UN policy, Could you please guide me about this exam. Did you also appeared in those exams? And what kind of preparation is needed for that exam. Looking forward for the guidance.

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Muhammad Zahir Hussain

Hey Mano G!

I am new here. I Found your post very informative therefore thought to join.
Mano G, There are two months left in my B.Sc II examination after that I will get freedom of studies for one year. In 2014 my university classes will be started. To avoid this freedom and boredom I thought to prepare my self for CSS exam. I will not give CSS exam in this year but after my masters.

I will do M.A in English OR Islamiyat in sha ALLAH. So, I am thinking to improve my English (by learning many words and making myself able to write on any kind of essay/topic). Someone told me that vocabulary is very necessary. One should know at least 10,000 English words. Therefore, I will be going to focus on it. Could you please tell me further steps to improve my english? At the same time I am going to keep my interest in Islamiyat too because perhaps I will chose this subject for masters.

In optional subjects I want to chose English Literature, Islamic History and Culture and Political Science. Are these subjects okay or should I chose some other subjects. What will be easy for me to gain good result? Thanks!

Which academy you joined and which is best academy in Islamabad

Mano sister your experience will definately help us..thanks for sharing ...as u have passed the exam so you are now our special and valued guide...plz do not leave the forum

is arabic good option to replace islamic history and culture ????

As far as IHC and Punjabi are concerned, they are advisable to opt but I have no idea about technical subjects like Accounting and mercantile law so I can’t comment on these, but I can only say that as you have related background so they will be fine for you hopefully.

Thank you very much for appreciation. Your optionals are fine, and I would suggest to keep the same optionals as were in 2012 attempt as familiar subject is always easier to prepare again(until and unless they are low-scoring or any other genuine reason), For Islamiyat I personally never consulted any book, but Professor Khurshid’s book Islami Nazriye-e-hayat is the best one, the topics are mentioned in the syllabus and follow past papers as well and make your own notes for Islamiyat consulting various sources, it will be the best mode of preparation, find out related verses and hadiths, compile them and make point-form notes. Islamiyat can be opted be opted both in English as well as urdu, better to opt in the medium in which you can better express your knowledge. Best of luck!


You can opt any history subject except Indo-Pak history or geography, better to opt one subject of 200 marks as time is less and one subject of 200 marks is manageable, instead of 2 subjects.

Forestry was not my subject so don’t know about the books, for psychology Shehar Bano’s books and Feldsman book are the good ones, For sociology, Hameed taga’s, J.J Baloch’s and Horton n Hunt’s books are fine.

Dear geography was also not my subject so no idea about the book.

UN YPP exam is conducted every year in a few countries across the world, but in 2011 and 2012 this opportunity has been given to Pakistan, last year no candidate from Pakistan got selected, I also appeared last year in public information category, you can have all the details from un global job portal i.e inspira.un.org this exam will be conducted this year as well, sample papers are given there, so you can take guidance from them.

@ giving attempt after completing masters….. wise decision, M.A English is better, complicated vocabulary is not the key to pass essay paper, so focus on overall English improvement instead of focusing on vocabulary alone, For those tips please go through initial 3-4 pages of this thread, I have mentioned the tips in detail…..read Islamic books, translation of Quran…listen lectures of Islamic scholars for help in Islamiyat. There is a lot of time for you to opt optionals so for the time being focus on writing and speaking skills, read newspapers daily, and don’t opt English literature at all, and specifically when you are saying that you are interested in MA Islamiyat not in MA English……


I joined NOVA css academy in Islamabad.

I am not leaving the forum at all and will always try to be consistent in responding to queries.

Both subjects are fine, although Arabic is a new language but manageable and scoring trend is also satisfactory.

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