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Pearson Edexcel A-level Biology B 9BI0 Paper 3: General and Practical Principles in Biology

9BI0/03 · 2 hours 30 minutes · 120 marks · 40.0% of the A level.

What it examines

Topics 1 to 10, including synoptic questions that may draw on two or more topics.

Two and a half hours, 120 marks and forty per cent of the qualification, drawing on any of the ten topics. It targets the conceptual and theoretical understanding of experimental methods as well as the content.

Read from Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Biology B (9BI0), Specification, Issue 4, November 2018, printed page 3 (page 15 of the PDF), retrieved 2026-08-21.

Where to get the papers

June 2025

• Question paper - A Level Paper 3 - June 2025 Question paper
• Mark scheme - A Level Paper 3 - June 2025 Mark scheme
• Examiner report - A Level Paper 3 - June 2025 Examiner report

June 2024

• Question paper - A Level Paper 3 - June 2024 Question paper
• Mark scheme - A Level Paper 3 - June 2024 Mark scheme
• Examiner report - A Level Paper 3 - June 2024 Examiner report

June 2023

• Question paper - A Level Paper 3 - June 2023 Question paper
• Mark scheme - A Level Paper 3 - June 2023 Mark scheme
• Examiner report - A Level Paper 3 - June 2023 Examiner report

June 2022

• Question paper - A Level Paper 3 - June 2022 Question paper
• Mark scheme - A level Paper 3 - June 2022 Mark scheme
• Examiner report - A Level Paper 3 - June 2022 Examiner report

November 2021

• Question paper - A Level Paper 3 - November 2021 Question paper
• Mark scheme - A Level Paper 3 - November 2021 Mark scheme
• Examiner report - A Level Paper 3 - November 2021 Examiner report

October 2020

• Question paper - A Level Paper 3 - October 2020 Question paper
• Mark scheme - A Level Paper 3 - October 2020 Mark scheme
• Examiner report - A Level Paper 3 - October 2020 Examiner report

June 2019

• Question paper - A Level Paper 3 - June 2019 Question paper
• Mark scheme - A level Paper 3 - June 2019 Mark scheme
• Examiner report - A level Paper 3 - June 2019 Examiner report

June 2018

• Question paper - A Level Paper 3 - June 2018 Question paper
• Mark scheme - A Level Paper 3 - June 2018 Mark scheme
• Examiner report - A Level Paper 3 - June 2018 Examiner report

June 2017

• A level Paper 3 - Question paper - June 2017 Question paper
• A level Paper 3 - Mark scheme - June 2017 Mark scheme

Pearson Edexcel publishes every sitting of 9BI0/03 on Pearson’s course materials for Biology B, alongside the other papers in the qualification. The 9BI0 past papers page lists what is published and when the list was checked.

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