Cambridge A Level · 9702 · Paper 2 · AS structured questions

Physics 9702/23 May/June 2025 past paper

Cambridge A Level Physics (9702) Paper 2 (AS structured questions), variant 3, May/June 2025: the question paper and its official mark scheme, 8 questions worth 60 marks, with the grade thresholds. Free to open, no account needed.

Questions: 8
Marks: 60
Grade A from: 40

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File names: 9702_s25_qp_23 · 9702_s25_ms_23

Grade thresholds for 9702/23 May/June 2025

The minimum raw marks Cambridge set for each grade on this component (out of 60). Thresholds change every session and variant, so always compare your score with the paper you actually sat.

A	B	C	D	E
40	34	28	22	15

Topics in this paper

Which syllabus chapters 9702/23 May/June 2025 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.

Chapter	Questions	Marks
Deformation of solids	1	9
Kinematics	1	8
Work, energy and power	1	8
Waves	1	8
Superposition	1	8
Electricity	1	8
Dynamics	1	6
Particle physics	1	5

Questions in 9702/23 May/June 2025

Question 1Kinematics · 8 marks
(a) Define velocity. (b) In an experiment, two objects A and B are released from the side of a building, as shown in Fig. …
Question 2Deformation of solids · 9 marks
(a) Define the moment of a force about a pivot. (b) Three objects A, B and C are placed on a horizontal beam. The beam is in equilibrium, as shown in Fig. 2.1. C beam pivot …
Question 3Work, energy and power · 8 marks
A car of mass 1500 kg is travelling along a straight horizontal road at constant velocity v. The car is subject to a total resistive force F, as shown in Fig. …
Question 4Dynamics · 6 marks
(a) State the principle of conservation of momentum. (b) An object A of mass 4.0 kg travels at a velocity of …
Question 5Waves · 8 marks
(a) State why sound waves cannot be polarised. (b) A plane-polarised light wave is incident on a polarising filter as shown in Fig. 5.1. light wave, intensity I0 polarising filter Fig. 5.1 The intensity of the light incident on the …
Question 6Superposition · 8 marks
(a) State what is meant by diffraction. (b) Light of wavelength 720 nm in a vacuum is incident normally on a diffraction grating as shown in Fig. 6.1. second-order maxima 52° diffraction grating light, wavelength 720 nm screen Fig. 6.1 …
Question 7Electricity · 8 marks
A nichrome resistance wire has length 150 cm, cross-sectional area …
Question 8Particle physics · 5 marks
(a) An antiparticle equivalent of the neutron is called the antineutron. The quarks in the antineutron are the antiparticles of the quarks in a neutron. The elementary charge is e. In Table 8.1, state the flavour and charge of the …

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Where can I get the 9702/23 May/June 2025 mark scheme?

Open the mark scheme above - it is the official Cambridge scheme for this exact paper (9702_s25_ms_23), and on a wide screen it sits beside the question you are reading.

What was the grade threshold for an A in 9702/23 May/June 2025?

40 marks out of 60, a C needed 28.

Which topics came up in 9702/23 May/June 2025?

Mostly Deformation of solids, Kinematics, Work, energy and power. The full list is in the table above.

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No. Every paper opens for free without signing in. A free account also saves your pen marks and records your score against the grade thresholds.