IGCSE Physics

The multiple-choice papers

40 questions in 45 minutes: just over a minute each.

Questions40, one mark each
Time45 minutes
Weight30% of the grade
Paper 2Adds the Supplement content

Where it trips people

  • Units: minutes against seconds, km against m, kJ against J.
  • Reading a graph's axes before its line: distance against speed.
  • Series against parallel: what is shared and what is the same.

Try 2 questions

Question 1
A stone of mass 41.6 g is lowered into a measuring cylinder. The water level rises from 40.0 cm³ to 56.0 cm³. What is the density of the stone?
Question 2 · Extended
In the circuit shown, a 12 V battery is connected to a 4.0 Ω resistor and a 6.0 Ω resistor in parallel. What does the ammeter in the main wire read?

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Questions people ask

Is a calculator allowed?

Yes.