CAIE 9702 Physics Past Papers

Cambridge International (CAIE) AS & A Level 9702 Physics: 4 papers, 114 past papers from 2021 to 2025 (including v1–v3 variants); 62 can be taken online on Sagacia.

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Papers

Paper	Type	Marks	Minutes	Papers	Online
Paper 1 Multiple Choice (AS)	multiple choice	40	75	29	19
Paper 2 AS Level Structured Questions	written	60	75	29	24
Paper 4 A Level Structured Questions	written	100	120	28	19
Paper 5 Planning, Analysis and Evaluation	practical	30	75	28	0

Past papers by series

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Series	Paper 1	Paper 2	Paper 4	Paper 5
May/June 2025	v1 v2 v3 v4	v1 v2 v3 v4	v1 v2 v3 v4	v1 v2 v3 v4
Feb/March 2025	v2	v2	v2	v2
Oct/Nov 2024	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3
May/June 2024	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3
Feb/March 2024	v2	v2	v2	v2
Oct/Nov 2023	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3
May/June 2023	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3
Feb/March 2023	v2	v2	v2	v2
Oct/Nov 2022	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3
May/June 2022	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3
Feb/March 2022	v2	v2	v2	v2
Oct/Nov 2021	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v2 v3	v2 v3

Grade threshold overview

Grade thresholds are the minimum raw marks published by the exam board for each series and variant. A single paper has grades A–E (A–G for IGCSE); A* is awarded only on the whole-subject total. The table averages the latest 8 series (all variants).

Paper	Max	A	B	C	D	E
Paper 1 Multiple Choice (AS)	40	30 (74%)	26 (64%)	22 (55%)	19 (47%)	16 (39%)
Paper 2 AS Level Structured Questions	60	43 (72%)	37 (62%)	31 (51%)	24 (40%)	17 (28%)
Paper 4 A Level Structured Questions	100	64 (64%)	55 (55%)	44 (44%)	34 (34%)	22 (22%)
Paper 5 Planning, Analysis and Evaluation	30	22 (72%)	19 (62%)	16 (52%)	12 (42%)	10 (32%)