diff --git a/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/question/api/question-api.ts b/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/question/api/question-api.ts
index a118af749..d84e801f2 100644
--- a/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/question/api/question-api.ts
+++ b/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/question/api/question-api.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import { baseApi } from '@ema-platform/api';
 import type {
   Question,
+  QuestionOption,
   ListResponse,
   CreateQuestionPayload,
   UpdateQuestionPayload,
   ReviewQuestionPayload,
+  SetQuestionOptionsPayload,
 } from '../types/question';
 
 const questionApi = baseApi.injectEndpoints({
@@ -17,6 +19,11 @@ const questionApi = baseApi.injectEndpoints({
       query: (id) => `/questions/${id}`,
       providesTags: ['Api'],
     }),
+    /** Same question, with `options` populated — the MCQ authoring editor. */
+    getQuestionWithOptions: builder.query<Question, string>({
+      query: (id) => `/questions/${id}?i=options`,
+      providesTags: ['Api'],
+    }),
     createQuestion: builder.mutation<Question, CreateQuestionPayload>({
       query: (body) => ({ url: '/questions', method: 'POST', body }),
       invalidatesTags: ['Api'],
@@ -47,6 +54,15 @@ const questionApi = baseApi.injectEndpoints({
       }),
       invalidatesTags: ['Api'],
     }),
+    /** Full replace of a CHOICE question's options + correct-answer set (Phase 2). */
+    setQuestionOptions: builder.mutation<QuestionOption[], SetQuestionOptionsPayload>({
+      query: ({ id, ...body }) => ({
+        url: `/questions/${id}/options`,
+        method: 'PUT',
+        body,
+      }),
+      invalidatesTags: ['Api'],
+    }),
   }),
   overrideExisting: false,
 });
@@ -54,9 +70,11 @@ const questionApi = baseApi.injectEndpoints({
 export const {
   useGetQuestionsQuery,
   useGetQuestionQuery,
+  useGetQuestionWithOptionsQuery,
   useCreateQuestionMutation,
   useUpdateQuestionMutation,
   useDeleteQuestionMutation,
   useSubmitQuestionMutation,
   useReviewQuestionMutation,
+  useSetQuestionOptionsMutation,
 } = questionApi;
diff --git a/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/question/components/QuestionOptionsEditor.tsx b/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/question/components/QuestionOptionsEditor.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2daab604a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/question/components/QuestionOptionsEditor.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { ActionIcon, Alert, Button, Checkbox, Group, Loader, Stack, Text } from '@mantine/core';
+import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
+import { IconGripVertical, IconInfoCircle, IconPlus, IconTrash } from '@tabler/icons-react';
+import { BilingualInput, notify, useErrorHandler } from '@ema-platform/ui';
+import type { BilingualValue } from '@ema-platform/ui';
+import {
+  useGetQuestionWithOptionsQuery,
+  useSetQuestionOptionsMutation,
+} from '../api/question-api';
+
+interface DraftOption {
+  text: BilingualValue;
+  isCorrect: boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * MCQ options + correct-answer editor for a CHOICE-form question (Phase 2).
+ *
+ * Only reachable while editing an already-created question — options attach
+ * to a question id, matching the backend's `PUT /questions/:id/options`
+ * full-replace endpoint. Nothing here is ever shown to a candidate; this is
+ * the authoring side only.
+ */
+export function QuestionOptionsEditor({ questionId }: { questionId: string }) {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+  const { handleError } = useErrorHandler();
+  const { data: question, isFetching } = useGetQuestionWithOptionsQuery(questionId);
+  const [setOptions, { isLoading: isSaving }] = useSetQuestionOptionsMutation();
+  const [draft, setDraft] = useState<DraftOption[]>([]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!question) return;
+    const existing = question.options ?? [];
+    setDraft(
+      existing.length
+        ? existing
+            .slice()
+            .sort((a, b) => a.order - b.order)
+            .map((o) => ({ text: o.text, isCorrect: false }))
+        : [
+            { text: { en: '', am: '' }, isCorrect: false },
+            { text: { en: '', am: '' }, isCorrect: false },
+          ],
+    );
+    // isCorrect never comes back from the API by design — an examiner
+    // re-editing options re-marks the correct one(s) rather than us
+    // pretending to know what they were.
+  }, [question]);
+
+  const updateText = (index: number, text: BilingualValue) => {
+    setDraft((prev) => prev.map((o, i) => (i === index ? { ...o, text } : o)));
+  };
+
+  const toggleCorrect = (index: number) => {
+    setDraft((prev) => prev.map((o, i) => (i === index ? { ...o, isCorrect: !o.isCorrect } : o)));
+  };
+
+  const addOption = () => {
+    setDraft((prev) => [...prev, { text: { en: '', am: '' }, isCorrect: false }]);
+  };
+
+  const removeOption = (index: number) => {
+    setDraft((prev) => prev.filter((_, i) => i !== index));
+  };
+
+  const handleSave = async () => {
+    if (draft.length < 2) {
+      notify.error(t('question.options.needAtLeastTwo'));
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!draft.some((o) => o.isCorrect)) {
+      notify.error(t('question.options.needOneCorrect'));
+      return;
+    }
+    if (draft.some((o) => !o.text.en.trim() || !o.text.am.trim())) {
+      notify.error(t('question.options.textRequired'));
+      return;
+    }
+    try {
+      await setOptions({ id: questionId, options: draft }).unwrap();
+      notify.success(t('question.options.saved'));
+    } catch (e) {
+      handleError(e);
+    }
+  };
+
+  if (isFetching) return <Loader size="sm" />;
+
+  return (
+    <Stack gap="sm">
+      <Alert icon={<IconInfoCircle size={15} />} color="blue" variant="light">
+        {t('question.options.hint')}
+      </Alert>
+      {draft.map((option, index) => (
+        <Group key={index} gap="xs" wrap="nowrap" align="flex-end">
+          <IconGripVertical size={16} style={{ opacity: 0.4, marginBottom: 8 }} />
+          <BilingualInput
+            label={t('question.options.optionLabel', { number: index + 1 })}
+            value={option.text}
+            onChange={(v) => updateText(index, v)}
+            size="sm"
+            style={{ flex: 1 }}
+          />
+          <Checkbox
+            label={t('question.options.correct')}
+            checked={option.isCorrect}
+            onChange={() => toggleCorrect(index)}
+            mb={4}
+          />
+          <ActionIcon
+            variant="subtle"
+            color="red"
+            size="sm"
+            mb={4}
+            disabled={draft.length <= 2}
+            onClick={() => removeOption(index)}
+          >
+            <IconTrash size={14} />
+          </ActionIcon>
+        </Group>
+      ))}
+      <Group justify="space-between">
+        <Button variant="subtle" size="xs" leftSection={<IconPlus size={14} />} onClick={addOption}>
+          {t('question.options.addOption')}
+        </Button>
+        <Button size="sm" loading={isSaving} onClick={handleSave}>
+          {t('question.options.save')}
+        </Button>
+      </Group>
+      <Text fz="xs" c="dimmed">{t('question.options.replaceNotice')}</Text>
+    </Stack>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/question/pages/QuestionPage/index.tsx b/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/question/pages/QuestionPage/index.tsx
index e5026c659..1ee40bc5d 100644
--- a/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/question/pages/QuestionPage/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/question/pages/QuestionPage/index.tsx
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import {
   useReviewQuestionMutation,
 } from '../../api/question-api';
 import type { Question, QuestionForm } from '../../types/question';
+import { QuestionOptionsEditor } from '../../components/QuestionOptionsEditor';
 import { questionColumns } from './columns';
 import { questionActionsColumn } from './actions';
 
@@ -92,6 +93,15 @@ function QuestionForm({
             <NumberInput label={t('question.form.hours')} value={hours} onChange={(v) => setHours(Number(v))} min={0} size="sm" />
             <NumberInput label={t('question.form.minutes')} value={minutes} onChange={(v) => setMinutes(Number(v))} min={0} size="sm" />
           </Group>
+          {editing && form === 'CHOICE' && (
+            <>
+              <Text fz="sm" fw={500} mt="sm">{t('question.options.title')}</Text>
+              <QuestionOptionsEditor questionId={editing.id} />
+            </>
+          )}
+          {!editing && form === 'CHOICE' && (
+            <Text fz="xs" c="dimmed">{t('question.options.saveFirst')}</Text>
+          )}
           <ModalFooter>
             <Button variant="default" onClick={onCancel} size="sm">{t('question.cancel')}</Button>
             <Button type="submit" size="sm" loading={isSubmitting}>{editing ? t('question.update') : t('question.create')}</Button>
diff --git a/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/question/types/question.ts b/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/question/types/question.ts
index a95bba2b8..b300bc881 100644
--- a/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/question/types/question.ts
+++ b/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/question/types/question.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,17 @@ export type QuestionStatus =
   | 'REJECTED'
   | 'RETIRED';
 
+/**
+ * A CHOICE option, as returned by the authoring/QC endpoints. Never carries
+ * a correctness flag — the API's own answer-key table is never joined into
+ * this response either, so there's nothing to accidentally serialize here.
+ */
+export interface QuestionOption {
+  id: string;
+  text: LocalePair;
+  order: number;
+}
+
 export interface Question {
   id: string;
   certificationId: string;
@@ -32,6 +43,8 @@ export interface Question {
   submittedAt: string | null;
   createdAt: string;
   updatedAt: string;
+  /** Only populated when explicitly requested (`?i=options`). */
+  options?: QuestionOption[];
 }
 
 export interface ReviewQuestionPayload {
@@ -64,3 +77,13 @@ export interface UpdateQuestionPayload {
   points?: number;
   isActive?: boolean;
 }
+
+export interface QuestionOptionInput {
+  text: LocalePair;
+  isCorrect: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface SetQuestionOptionsPayload {
+  id: string;
+  options: QuestionOptionInput[];
+}
diff --git a/apps/backoffice/src/app/i18n/locales/am.ts b/apps/backoffice/src/app/i18n/locales/am.ts
index 92400f9ae..63d38a013 100644
--- a/apps/backoffice/src/app/i18n/locales/am.ts
+++ b/apps/backoffice/src/app/i18n/locales/am.ts
@@ -738,6 +738,20 @@ export const am: Translations = {
       onlyApprovedUsable: "የጸደቁ ጥያቄዎች ብቻ በፈተና ወረቀት ላይ ሊቀመጡ ይችላሉ።",
       error: "ተግባሩ አልተሳካም",
     },
+    options: {
+      title: "የመልስ አማራጮች",
+      hint: "ትክክለኛውን አማራጭ ምረጥ/ምረጪ። ማስቀመጥ መላውን የአማራጭ ስብስብ ይተካል።",
+      optionLabel: "አማራጭ {{number}}",
+      correct: "ትክክለኛ",
+      addOption: "አማራጭ ጨምር",
+      save: "አማራጮችን አስቀምጥ",
+      saved: "አማራጮች ተቀምጠዋል",
+      saveFirst: "መጀመሪያ ጥያቄውን አስቀምጥ፣ ከዚያ አማራጮችን ጨምር።",
+      replaceNotice: "ትክክለኛ መልሶች ከተቀመጡ በኋላ እዚህ አይታዩም — እንደገና ካስተካከልክ/ካስተካከልሽ ዳግም ምረጥ/ምረጪ።",
+      needAtLeastTwo: "ጥያቄ ቢያንስ ሁለት አማራጮች ያስፈልገዋል።",
+      needOneCorrect: "ቢያንስ አንድ አማራጭ እንደ ትክክለኛ ምረጥ/ምረጪ።",
+      textRequired: "እያንዳንዱ አማራጭ በሁለቱም ቋንቋዎች ጽሑፍ ያስፈልገዋል።",
+    },
   },
 
   configuration: {
diff --git a/apps/backoffice/src/app/i18n/locales/en.ts b/apps/backoffice/src/app/i18n/locales/en.ts
index 338a88e68..49a5a8b12 100644
--- a/apps/backoffice/src/app/i18n/locales/en.ts
+++ b/apps/backoffice/src/app/i18n/locales/en.ts
@@ -739,6 +739,21 @@ export const en = {
         'Only approved items can be placed on an examination paper.',
       error: 'Operation failed',
     },
+    options: {
+      title: 'Answer Options',
+      hint: 'Mark every correct option. Saving replaces the entire option set.',
+      optionLabel: 'Option {{number}}',
+      correct: 'Correct',
+      addOption: 'Add option',
+      save: 'Save options',
+      saved: 'Options saved',
+      saveFirst: 'Save the question first, then add its options.',
+      replaceNotice:
+        'Correct answers are never shown here once saved — re-mark them if you edit this set again.',
+      needAtLeastTwo: 'A question needs at least two options.',
+      needOneCorrect: 'Mark at least one option as correct.',
+      textRequired: 'Every option needs text in both languages.',
+    },
   },
 
   configuration: {