Cambridge IGCSE Question Simulator

AS & A Level Physics (9702)

Nuclear physics Banker

8 questions · about 3% of the marks we indexed · examined in 8 of 9 sessions.

Questions by year

2026

  • 2026 May/June · Paper 42 · Q10 (a, b(i), b(ii), c(ii))9 marksMass defect & binding energy (fission/fusion)

2025

  • 2025 Oct/Nov · Paper 42 · Q9 (a, b)6 marksMass defect & binding energy (fission/fusion)
  • 2025 May/June · Paper 42 · Q10 (a, b(i), b(ii), c)9 marksRadioactive decay (activity, decay constant, half-life)

2024

  • 2024 Oct/Nov · Paper 42 · Q10 (a(i), a(ii), a(iii), b(i), b(ii))8 marksMass defect & binding energy (fission/fusion) · Radioactive decay (activity, decay constant, half-life)
  • 2024 May/June · Paper 42 · Q9 (a, b(i), b(ii), b(iii), c(i), c(ii), c(iii))13 marksMass defect & binding energy (fission/fusion)

2023

  • 2023 Oct/Nov · Paper 42 · Q9 (a(i), a(ii), c(i), c(ii))8 marksRadioactive decay (activity, decay constant, half-life)
  • 2023 May/June · Paper 42 · Q9 (a, b(i), b(ii), c(i))9 marksMass defect & binding energy (fission/fusion)

2022

  • 2022 May/June · Paper 42 · Q10 (a, b(i), b(ii), c(i), c(ii), d)11 marksRadioactive decay (activity, decay constant, half-life)

Find the full paper on the official Cambridge past-papers page or ask your school. “Paper 42” means Paper 4, variant 2.

Similar questions

Questions that test the same subtopic in different years. Practise them together to master one skill.

Mass defect & binding energy (fission/fusion) 5 questions · 5/9 sessions
Radioactive decay (activity, decay constant, half-life) 4 questions · 4/9 sessions

Subtopics

SubtopicMarks indexedSessions
Mass defect & binding energy (fission/fusion) 425/9
Radioactive decay (activity, decay constant, half-life) 314/9

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