CSS MPT case studies
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The CSS MPT (often simply called the MPT) is the multiple-choice screening test that FPSC lists alongside the CSS Competitive Examination on its General Recruitment pages. On the FPSC website you will find MPT/CSS advertisements, the syllabus, the rules, online application and fee-payment guidelines, admission certificates, results and the online marksheet for the GR Competitive Examination (CSS) gathered in one place. The CSS MPT case studies are 5 cases and about 4,727 words.
1Slab Tariffs, Marginal Units and the Solar Payback Decision
A household in Lahore consumed 410 units in a 30-day billing month, up from 330 units in the previous month. The distribution company applies these slab rates on a progressive basis: first 100 units at PKR 12.00 each, next 100 at PKR 18.50, next 100 at PKR 24.00, next 100 at PKR 32.00, and all remaining units at PKR 40.00.
885 words, about 4 min2Fitting Five Modules into a Three-Day Induction Programme
A provincial services academy must fit exactly five compulsory modules into a three-day induction programme: Fiscal Policy (F), Public Procurement (P), Communication (C), IT Skills (I) and Ethics (E). No day may carry more than two modules, and Day 3 carries exactly one, because the closing ceremony occupies the rest of that day.
962 words, about 5 min3A Turbid Water Supply, a Cluster of Diarrhoea Cases and Three Proposals
A boys' higher secondary school in a flood-affected union council has 600 students and one overhead tank of 2,000 litres, refilled each morning from a shallow borehole. Over the past ten days, 23 students and two teachers have reported diarrhoea; the local health centre has recorded similar but smaller numbers in the surrounding village.
968 words, about 5 min4A Pre-Monsoon Drain Contract with a Non-Responsive Lowest Bidder
A union council has PKR 8.4 million sanctioned to re-line 3.5 km of open storm drains before the monsoon, which begins in about seven weeks. Three bids were opened: Bidder A quoted PKR 7.2 million but attached an expired tax registration and has only one completed drain project against a prequalification requirement of three similar works in five years; Bidder B quoted PKR 8.15 million with complete documents and four comparable projects; Bidder C quoted PKR 9.6 million, above the engineer's estimate of PKR 8.4 million.
922 words, about 5 min5Evaluating a Reading-Tablet Pilot Before a PKR 1.9 Billion Scale-Up
A provincial education department reports that its reading-tablet pilot raised Class 4 Urdu scores by 12 marks in the 40 schools that received tablets, against 4 marks in 40 other schools over the same eight months. It proposes to scale the programme to 2,000 schools at PKR 1.9 billion.
990 words, about 5 min