Cambridge International AS & A Level · 9702
Cambridge A Level Physics 9702 topical past papers
Cambridge International AS & A Level Physics (9702) is taught in two stages. The AS Level covers topics 1 to 11, from measurement, mechanics and materials through waves, superposition and electricity to particle physics, and can stand as a qualification on its own. The full A Level adds topics 12 to 25: circular motion, gravitational and electric fields, thermal physics, oscillations, capacitance, magnetism and induction, alternating currents, quantum and nuclear physics, and two applied topics, medical physics and astronomy and cosmology. The syllabus in force is the 2025–2027 version.
- Questions
- 6,579
- Past papers
- 482
- Years
- 2009–2026
- With mark scheme
- 100%
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Physics 9702 chapters
The topics of the 2025–2027 syllabus, each with a page of its own: what it covers, how it has been examined and where its practice is.
| Chapter | Syllabus | Questions | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical quantities and units | 1 | 606 | 2009–2026 |
| Kinematics | 2 | 433 | 2009–2026 |
| Dynamics | 3 | 475 | 2009–2026 |
| Forces, density and pressure | 4 | 568 | 2009–2026 |
| Work, energy and power | 5 | 478 | 2009–2026 |
| Deformation of solids | 6 | 325 | 2009–2026 |
| Waves | 7 | 517 | 2009–2026 |
| Superposition | 8 | 473 | 2009–2026 |
| Electricity | 9 | 514 | 2009–2026 |
| D.C. circuits | 10 | 405 | 2009–2026 |
| Particle physics | 11 | 390 | 2009–2026 |
| Motion in a circle | 12 | 48 | 2009–2026 |
| Gravitational fields | 13 | 103 | 2009–2026 |
| Temperature | 14 | 103 | 2009–2026 |
| Ideal gases | 15 | 95 | 2009–2026 |
| Thermodynamics | 16 | 74 | 2009–2026 |
| Oscillations | 17 | 103 | 2009–2026 |
| Electric fields | 18 | 305 | 2009–2026 |
| Capacitance | 19 | 64 | 2009–2026 |
| Magnetic fields | 20 | 180 | 2009–2026 |
| Alternating currents | 21 | 59 | 2009–2026 |
| Quantum physics | 22 | 145 | 2009–2026 |
| Nuclear physics | 23 | 104 | 2009–2026 |
| Medical physics | 24 | 29 | 2020–2026 |
| Astronomy and cosmology | 25 | 27 | 2022–2026 |
Also in the bank from earlier syllabuses, and not part of the one in force: Communication (109, 2021); Electronics (80, 2025).
Revising Physics 9702 by topic
There are five papers. Paper 1 is forty multiple-choice questions and Paper 2 is structured questions, both on the AS content. Paper 3, Advanced Practical Skills, is a laboratory examination in which you take and record readings, plot graphs and evaluate the method. Paper 4 is structured questions on the A Level topics and can draw on anything from the AS course, and Paper 5, Planning, Analysis and Evaluation, is a written paper on designing an experiment and handling its data. AS candidates sit Papers 1 to 3; A Level candidates add Papers 4 and 5, in the same series or a later one.
- Practise Paper 1 one topic at a time in timed sets of ten multiple-choice questions, allowing about nineteen minutes a set, which is the pace of the real paper. Mark each set straight away, and for every wrong answer write one line on what made the distractor you chose look right: a missed square, a prefix slip, the wrong component of a vector.
- For Papers 2 and 4, work through structured questions one topic at a time and mark them line by line against the mark scheme. Definitions and derivations — the volt, the Young modulus, gravitational potential, pV = ⅓Nm⟨c²⟩, the first law of thermodynamics — are marked on precise wording, so keep your own versions in one place and correct them until they match. Revise gravitational and electric fields side by side so the differences stand out.
- Take care with questions from papers set before 2022. Electronics and communication systems belonged to the older syllabus and have since been removed, as have transformers and magnetic resonance imaging, so leave those questions aside. Astronomy and cosmology arrived with the 2022 syllabus, so all of its practice comes from recent papers, and the medical topic now includes PET scanning.
- The practical papers are not organised by topic, but they rest on topic 1: uncertainties, significant figures, gradients and intercepts. As you revise each topic, add a short uncertainty calculation to it — the Young modulus wire, the diffraction grating, the discharging capacitor — and, for Paper 5, practise rearranging its equation into the form y = mx + c, using logarithms for exponential and power laws, so you can say what to plot and what the gradient gives.
- In Momentum, questions are filed by topic with their mark schemes, and you can filter by paper, year and session — Paper 4 questions on capacitance from recent sessions only, for example. Once each topic is secure on its own, use the mock exam builder to mix topics into a full paper, because the real papers do not tell you which topic a question belongs to.
Practising in Momentum
- Every question in a chapter as one list, from every paper and year in the bank, newest first or shuffled.
- Each question turns over to its own part of the mark scheme, where the board published one.
- Narrow by paper, year, session, zone and marks, and star the questions worth keeping.
- Pick chapters, a number of questions and a time, and the exam builder draws a mock to sit and mark.
Past-paper questions and mark schemes are the copyright of Cambridge International. Momentum shows them to signed-in learners for revision and does not publish them on these pages.
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