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AQA A-level Biology 7402 past papers

Where to find the official 7402 question papers and mark schemes, and what each of the three papers examines, as set out in the specification (Version 1.6, July 2026).

Where to get them

AQA publishes them on AQA’s assessment resources for Biology 7402. We checked this against AQA’s own listing on 31 August 2026. It is AQA's own listing, by series, of question papers, mark schemes and examiner reports.

How the qualification is broken down

Code	Paper	Length	Marks	Weighting
7402/1	Paper 1	2 hours	91 marks	35.0%
7402/2	Paper 2	2 hours	91 marks	35.0%
7402/3	Paper 3	2 hours	78 marks	30.0%

Read from AQA AS and A-level Biology 7401/7402, Specification, Version 1.6, July 2026, retrieved 21 August 2026.

Published series

June 2025
13 files linked
The most recent series AQA had published on the date this listing was checked.
June 2024
15 files linked
June 2023
17 files linked
June 2022
15 files linked
The first summer series since June 2019.
November 2021
14 files linked
There was no June 2021 series either: the summer exams were cancelled again and grades were awarded without them; this autumn series was for students who chose to sit the papers, so these are the 2021 papers.
November 2020
15 files linked
There was no June 2020 series. The summer exams were cancelled and grades were awarded without them; this autumn series was for students who chose to sit the papers, so these are the 2020 papers.
June 2019
10 files linked
June 2018
5 files linked
June 2017
7 files linked

The rules for the day

AQA's specification discusses calculator use in its mathematical-requirements appendix and prints no permission sentence, but the front of each 7402 paper lists a scientific calculator among the materials candidates must have. Ask your school or college, or read the instructions on the front of the paper itself, which set the rule on the day.

To see which lesson teaches each heading of the specification, use the AQA Biology specification map.

We checked these links against the exam boards’ websites on 31 August 2026. We do not host or reproduce past papers or mark schemes. If a link has moved, go to the board’s own past papers page.