CAIE AS & A Level Physics 9702 Feb March Past Papers 2016
Download all 13 papers for Physics (9702) — 2016 March session. Question papers, mark schemes, examiner reports & more.
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Physics (9702) — 2016 March | Cambridge AS & A Level
All 13 Cambridge AS & A Level Physics (9702) papers from the 2016 March session are available on this page. You'll find 5 question papers and 5 mark schemes, along with 1 examiner report, 1 grade threshold document. Download any file instantly — these are the same official papers sat by students worldwide in 2016.
The February/March series is a limited Cambridge examination window, primarily available to schools in India. Not all subjects are offered in this series — the paper set is typically smaller than May/June or Oct/Nov, and papers are released publicly around 14 months after the examination.
In Cambridge filename conventions, 'qp' denotes a question paper, 'ms' a mark scheme, 'er' an examiner report, and 'gt' grade thresholds. The session code in the filename — 's' for May/June, 'w' for Oct/Nov, 'm' for March — combined with the last two digits of the year, gives you `m16`. So `9702_qp_42_m16` is Paper 4, Variant 2 of this session.
Past papers are most useful as diagnostic tools rather than just extra practice. After completing each paper, sort your errors into three categories: topics you don't know well enough, question types where your technique needs work, and topics where you lost marks to careless mistakes. Each category needs a different fix — content review, technique drill, or exam discipline respectively.
Questions, answered.
This session includes 5 question papers and 5 mark schemes, plus 3 additional resources (examiner reports, grade thresholds, etc.). All files are the official papers published by Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE).
Match by paper number and variant — the last two digits of the filename. For example, 9702_qp_42 (Question Paper, Paper 4, Variant 2) matches with 9702_ms_42 (Mark Scheme, Paper 4, Variant 2). Session codes: s = May/June, w = Oct/Nov, m = Feb/March.
Cambridge administers different variants of the same paper in different time zones to prevent paper leaks. Variant 1, 2, and 3 are equivalent in difficulty and syllabus coverage — you can practise with any variant regardless of your region.
Yes, these are the official past examination papers published by Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE). They are the same papers that were sat by students in the 2016 March examination session worldwide.