Past Papers and Marking Instructions
Past Papers for Biology
Page 1 | 2| Select to download | Year | Qualification | Download | |
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| 2014 | Advanced Higher | Question Paper | PDF (3.7MB) | |
| 2014 | Higher | Question Paper | PDF (2.3MB) | |
| 2014 | Intermediate 1 | Question Paper | PDF (2.8MB) | |
| 2014 | Intermediate 2 | All Question Papers | PDF (2.9MB) | |
| 2014 | National 5 | All Question Papers | PDF (2.1MB) | |
| 2013 | Advanced Higher | All Question Papers | PDF (2.5MB) | |
| 2013 | Higher | All Question Papers | PDF (2.1MB) | |
| 2013 | Intermediate 1 | All Question Papers | PDF (1.9MB) | |
| 2013 | Intermediate 2 | All Question Papers | PDF (2.4MB) | |
| 2013 | Standard Grade Credit | All Question Papers | PDF (1.7MB) | |
| 2013 | Standard Grade General | All Question Papers | PDF (1.4MB) | |
| 2012 | Advanced Higher | All Question Papers | PDF (2.4MB) | |
| 2012 | Higher | All Question Papers | PDF (2.4MB) | |
| 2012 | Intermediate 1 | All Question Papers | PDF (1.7MB) | |
| 2012 | Intermediate 2 | All Question Papers | PDF (1.5MB) | |
| 2012 | Standard Grade Credit | All Question Papers | PDF (1.6MB) | |
| 2012 | Standard Grade General | All Question Papers | PDF (1,008KB) | |
| 2011 | Advanced Higher | All Question Papers | PDF (1.6MB) | |
| 2011 | Higher | All Question Papers | PDF (1.6MB) | |
| 2011 | Intermediate 1 | All Question Papers | PDF (1.7MB) |
Marking Instructions for Biology
Page 1 | 2| Select to download | Year | Qualification | Paper | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Advanced Higher | Investigation Report | PDF (177KB) | |
| 2011 | Advanced Higher | all | PDF (313KB) | |
| 2011 | Higher | all | PDF (309KB) | |
| 2011 | Intermediate 1 | all | PDF (214KB) | |
| 2011 | Intermediate 2 | all | PDF (238KB) | |
| 2011 | Standard Grade Credit | all | PDF (305KB) | |
| 2011 | Standard Grade General | all | PDF (284KB) | |
| 2010 | Advanced Higher | Investigation Report | PDF (182KB) | |
| 2010 | Advanced Higher | all | PDF (84KB) | |
| 2010 | Higher | all | PDF (152KB) | |
| 2010 | Intermediate 1 | all | PDF (90KB) | |
| 2010 | Intermediate 2 | all | PDF (144KB) | |
| 2010 | Standard Grade Credit | all | PDF (293KB) | |
| 2010 | Standard Grade General | all | PDF (176KB) |
Specimen Question Papers
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Digital Question Papers
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New National Qualifications
For National 5 Modern Languages and Gaelic (Learners): We have published a second set of 2014 Reading and Writing past papers in a new format. The questions are the same but there are separate question and answer booklets for Reading and for Writing, which is how the question papers will be structured from 2015 onwards.
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