2025

Cambridge A Level ยท 9702 ยท Paper 5 ยท Planning, analysis & evaluation

Physics 9702/52 Oct/Nov 2025 past paper

Cambridge A Level Physics (9702) Paper 5 (Planning, analysis & evaluation), variant 2, Oct/Nov 2025: the question paper and its official mark scheme, 2 questions worth 30 marks, with the grade thresholds. Free to open, no account needed.

Questions
2
Marks
30
Grade A from
22

File names: 9702_w25_qp_52 ยท 9702_w25_ms_52

Grade thresholds for 9702/52 Oct/Nov 2025

The minimum raw marks Cambridge set for each grade on this component (out of 30). Thresholds change every session and variant, so always compare your score with the paper you actually sat.

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221915129

Questions in 9702/52 Oct/Nov 2025

  1. Question 1 ยท 15 marks

    Fig. 1.1 shows a model wind turbine with blades, each of length L, placed in moving air. blade terminals bench turbine moving air L Fig. 1.1 The area of the circle swept by the blades of the turbine is A. โ€ฆ

  2. Question 2 ยท 15 marks

    A student observes the orbits of some of the moons around the planet Saturn, as shown in Fig. 2.1. Rhea Dione Tethys Enceladus Saturn Mimas Pandora Fig. 2.1 (not to scale) For the moon Pandora, the period of the orbit โ€ฆ

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Open the mark scheme above - it is the official Cambridge scheme for this exact paper (9702_w25_ms_52), and on a wide screen it sits beside the question you are reading.
What was the grade threshold for an A in 9702/52 Oct/Nov 2025?
22 marks out of 30, a C needed 15.
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