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Cambridge International A-level Biology 9700 Paper 1: Multiple Choice

9700/1 · 1 hour 15 minutes · 40 marks · 15.5% of the A level.

What it examines

Forty multiple-choice questions on the AS Level syllabus content.

Forty questions in 75 minutes is a little under two minutes each, so practise at that pace and do not stay long on one question. The mark scheme for a multiple-choice paper is a list of the correct answers. For each one you got wrong, find the topic it tested and practise that topic in the question bank before you sit another paper. Cambridge makes only a selection of its papers public, so keep one back for timed practice close to the exam.

Read from Cambridge International AS & A Level Biology 9700, syllabus for 2025, 2026 and 2027, Version 1, printed page 10 (page 10 of the PDF), retrieved 21 August 2026.

Where to get the papers

June 2024

• June 2024 Question Paper 11 Question paper
• June 2024 Mark Scheme Paper 11 Mark scheme

2022 specimen papers

• 2022 Specimen Paper 1, 2022 specimen papers Question paper
• 2022 Specimen Mark Scheme Paper 1, 2022 specimen papers Mark scheme

Cambridge International publishes the 9700/1 papers it makes public on Cambridge’s past-paper page for Biology 9700, with the other papers in the qualification. The 9700 past papers page shows what is published and when we last checked.

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.