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AQA A-level Chemistry 7405: November 2021

The papers, mark schemes and reports AQA publishes for the November 2021 series of 7405: 20 files, grouped by the component they belong to.

Checked against AQA’s own listing on 29 October 2026.

The 2021 series was held in the autumn rather than June.

The files, by component

Paper 1

7405/1 · 2 hours · 105 marks

Units this paper draws on: Working in the laboratory, Atomic structure, Amount of substance, Bonding and structure, Energetics, Chemical equilibria, Redox, Thermodynamics, Electrochemistry, Acids and bases, Periodicity and Period 3, Group 2 and Group 7, Transition metals, Ions in aqueous solution.

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Question paper	Question paper (A-level) : Paper 1 Inorganic and physical chemistry - November 2021
Question paper	Question paper (Modified A3 36pt) (A-level) : Paper 1 Inorganic and physical chemistry - November 2021 modified format
Question paper	Question paper (Modified A4 18pt) (A-level) : Paper 1 Inorganic and physical chemistry - November 2021 modified format
Mark scheme	Mark scheme (A-level) : Paper 1 Inorganic and physical chemistry - November 2021
Examiner report	Examiner report (A-level) : Paper 1 Inorganic and physical chemistry - November 2021
Insert: periodic table and data sheet	Insert (A-level) : Paper 1 Inorganic and physical chemistry - November 2021
Insert: periodic table and data sheet	Insert (Modified A4 18pt) (A-level) : Paper 1 Inorganic and physical chemistry - November 2021 modified format

Paper 2

7405/2 · 2 hours · 105 marks

Units this paper draws on: Working in the laboratory, Amount of substance, Bonding and structure, Energetics, Kinetics, Chemical equilibria, Rate equations, Introduction to organic chemistry, Alkanes and halogenoalkanes, Alkenes and alcohols, Organic analysis, Carbonyls and carboxylic acids, Aromatic chemistry and amines, Organic synthesis.

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Question paper	Question paper (A-level) : Paper 2 Organic and physical chemistry - November 2021
Question paper	Question paper (Modified A4 18pt) (A-level) : Paper 2 Organic and physical chemistry - November 2021 modified format
Mark scheme	Mark scheme (A-level) : Paper 2 Organic and physical chemistry - November 2021
Examiner report	Examiner report (A-level) : Paper 2 Organic and physical chemistry - November 2021
Insert: periodic table and data sheet	Insert (A-level) : Paper 2 Organic and physical chemistry - November 2021
Insert: periodic table and data sheet	Insert (Modified A4 18pt) (A-level) : Paper 2 Organic and physical chemistry - November 2021 modified format

Paper 3

7405/3 · 2 hours · 90 marks

Units this paper draws on: every unit.

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Question paper	Question paper (A-level) : Paper 3 - November 2021
Question paper	Question paper (Modified A3 36pt) (A-level) : Paper 3 - November 2021 modified format
Question paper	Question paper (Modified A4 18pt) (A-level) : Paper 3 - November 2021 modified format
Mark scheme	Mark scheme (A-level) : Paper 3 - November 2021
Examiner report	Examiner report (A-level) : Paper 3 - November 2021
Insert: periodic table and data sheet	Insert (A-level) : Paper 3 - November 2021
Insert: periodic table and data sheet	Insert (Modified A4 18pt) (A-level) : Paper 3 - November 2021 modified format

The papers in this series

Code	Paper	Length	Marks	Weighting
7405/1	Paper 1	2 hours	105 marks	35.0%
7405/2	Paper 2	2 hours	105 marks	35.0%
7405/3	Paper 3	2 hours	90 marks	30.0%

The series either side

November 2020, the series before · June 2022, the series after.

Every sitting of 7405 examines the same structure; what changes is the questions. The 7405 past papers page has the whole list of series, and the AQA Chemistry specification map says which headings this library teaches.

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