IB Physics HL Question Bank

Practise IB Physics at Higher Level for first assessment 2025. Work through HL-tagged Paper 1A multiple-choice, Paper 1B data-based and experimental questions, and Paper 2 short-answer and extended responses across standard level and additional higher level material. Use the available mark guidance to check physical reasoning, calculations, units, graphs and uncertainty; the scientific investigation is a separate internal assessment.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is assessed in IB Physics HL Paper 1?

Paper 1A and Paper 1B are completed in 2 hours. Paper 1A has 40 multiple-choice marks and Paper 1B has 20 data-based and experimental-work marks, for 60 marks in total.

What is assessed in IB Physics HL Paper 2?

Paper 2 lasts 2 hours 30 minutes and carries 90 marks. It uses short-answer and extended-response questions across standard level and additional higher level material.

How does IB Physics HL practice differ from SL?

HL includes additional depth and content, and its written papers are longer. Use only HL-tagged questions on this route so that HL material is not presented as SL practice.

Does the IB Physics HL question bank include the internal assessment?

No. The scientific investigation is a separate internal assessment worth 20% of the overall grade. This page is for written-paper practice and mark-guidance review.