Saadi is the author of Bustan and Gulistan, prose and poetic collections noted for ethical advice and social commentary.

The Persian rubāʿī traditionally follows an AABA rhyme pattern, with the first, second and fourth lines rhyming.

'Behr' denotes the metrical scheme or rhythm employed in Persian poetry.

Jalal ad-Din Rumi composed the Masnavi, a foundational Sufi poetic work of spiritual teaching and narrative.

Ezāfe is a linking particle used to connect a noun with its modifiers or possessor, indicating attribution or genitive relation.

A ghazal consists of autonomous couplets that share the same meter and a common rhyme and refrain (qāfiya and radif).

Alef is one of the non-connecting letters in Perso-Arabic script and therefore does not join to the following letter.

Many classical Pashto poets adopted the arūz system of quantitative meter from Arabic and Persian poetic tradition for formal compositions.

The FPSC revised scheme specifies that 200-mark optional subjects are examined in two 100-mark papers, not a single 200-mark paper.

The syllabus states that 100-mark subjects have one three-hour paper.