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Cambridge A Level · 9702

Physics topical past papers

Every Cambridge A Level Physics (9702) past-paper question from 2010–2025, sorted into 25 syllabus chapters and their subtopics, with the official mark schemes.

Questions
7,566
Chapters
25
Years
2010–2025
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Papers 1 & 2 · AS Level content AS Level

  1. Physical quantities and units 474 questions
    • Physical quantities
    • SI units
    • Errors and uncertainties
    • Scalars and vectors
  2. Kinematics 711 questions
    • Equations of motion
  3. Dynamics 410 questions
    • Momentum and Newton’s laws of motion
    • Non-uniform motion
    • Linear momentum and its conservation
  4. Forces, density and pressure 597 questions
    • Turning effects of forces
    • Equilibrium of forces
    • Density and pressure
  5. Work, energy and power 651 questions
    • Energy conservation
    • Gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy
  6. Deformation of solids 442 questions
    • Stress and strain
    • Elastic and plastic behaviour
  7. Waves 796 questions
    • Progressive waves
    • Transverse and longitudinal waves
    • Doppler effect for sound waves
    • Electromagnetic spectrum
    • Polarisation
  8. Superposition 369 questions
    • Stationary waves
    • Diffraction
    • Interference
    • The diffraction grating
  9. Electricity 1,162 questions
    • Electric current
    • Potential difference and power
    • Resistance and resistivity
  10. D.C. circuits 226 questions
    • Practical circuits
    • Kirchhoff’s laws
    • Potential dividers
  11. Particle physics 462 questions
    • Atoms, nuclei and radiation
    • Fundamental particles

Paper 4 · A Level structured questions A Level

  1. Motion in a circle 49 questions
    • Kinematics of uniform circular motion
    • Centripetal acceleration
  2. Gravitational fields 113 questions
    • Gravitational field
    • Gravitational force between point masses
    • Gravitational field of a point mass
    • Gravitational potential
  3. Temperature 59 questions
    • Thermal equilibrium
    • Temperature scales
    • Specific heat capacity and specific latent heat
  4. Ideal gases 75 questions
    • The mole
    • Equation of state
    • Kinetic theory of gases
  5. Thermodynamics 66 questions
    • Internal energy
    • The first law of thermodynamics
  6. Oscillations 120 questions
    • Simple harmonic oscillations
    • Energy in simple harmonic motion
    • Damped and forced oscillations, resonance
  7. Electric fields 115 questions
    • Electric fields and field lines
    • Uniform electric fields
    • Electric force between point charges
    • Electric field of a point charge
    • Electric potential
  8. Capacitance 76 questions
    • Capacitors and capacitance
    • Energy stored in a capacitor
    • Discharging a capacitor
  9. Magnetic fields 184 questions
    • Concept of a magnetic field
    • Force on a current-carrying conductor
    • Force on a moving charge
    • Magnetic fields due to currents
    • Electromagnetic induction
  10. Alternating currents 82 questions
    • Characteristics of alternating currents
    • Rectification and smoothing
  11. Quantum physics 111 questions
    • Energy and momentum of a photon
    • Photoelectric effect
    • Wave-particle duality
    • Energy levels in atoms and line spectra
  12. Nuclear physics 112 questions
    • Mass defect and nuclear binding energy
    • Radioactive decay
  13. Medical physics 71 questions
    • Production and use of ultrasound
    • Production and use of X-rays
    • PET scanning
  14. Astronomy and cosmology 33 questions
    • Standard candles
    • Stellar radii
    • Hubble’s law and the Big Bang theory