Opening 16 November · Open to every IGCSE student
IGCSE Biology (0610) Mock Exam
Full-syllabus papers, written for the February/March 2027 sitting.
The Biology paper opens on 16 November 2026. Reserve your seat now and we will email you the moment it goes live — then come back and sit it.
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The IGCSE Mock Exams papers open on 16 November 2026.
40 questions · 45 minutes · Extended tier
Built to Cambridge Paper 2 (Extended). Timed, no pause, one sitting. Your first
attempt is the ranked one; every re-sit draws a fresh paper.
A Learning Platform plan is required to sit a Mock.
Free to read: the format, all 60 syllabus topics and the sample questions below.
What topics does the IGCSE Biology mock exam cover?
All of them. Questions are sampled from the entire Cambridge IGCSE Biology 0610 syllabus — 21 sections and 60 topics — rather than a selected list. Every topic below can appear.
1. Characteristics and classification of living organisms
- Characteristics of living organisms
- Concept and uses of classification systems
- Features of organisms
2. Organisation of the organism
- Cell structure
- Size of specimens
3. Movement into and out of cells
- Diffusion
- Osmosis
- Active transport
4. Biological molecules
- Biological molecules
5. Enzymes
- Enzymes
6. Plant nutrition
- Photosynthesis
- Leaf structure
7. Human nutrition
- Diet
- Digestive system
- Physical digestion
- Chemical digestion
- Absorption
8. Transport in plants
- Xylem and phloem
- Water uptake
- Transpiration
- Translocation
9. Transport in animals
- Circulatory systems
- Heart
- Blood vessels
- Blood
10. Diseases and immunity
- Diseases and immunity
11. Gas exchange in humans
- Gas exchange in humans
12. Respiration
- Respiration
- Aerobic respiration
- Anaerobic respiration
13. Excretion in humans
- Excretion in humans
14. Coordination and response
- Coordination and response
- Sense organs
- Hormones
- Homeostasis
- Tropic responses
15. Drugs
- Drugs
16. Reproduction
- Asexual reproduction
- Sexual reproduction
- Sexual reproduction in plants
- Sexual reproduction in humans
- Sex hormones in humans
- Sexually transmitted infections
17. Inheritance
- Chromosomes, genes and proteins
- Mitosis
- Meiosis
- Monohybrid inheritance
18. Variation and selection
- Variation
- Adaptive features
- Selection
19. Organisms and their environment
- Energy flow
- Food chains and food webs
- Nutrient cycles
- Populations
20. Human influences on ecosystems
- Food supply
- Habitat destruction
- Pollution
- Conservation
21. Biotechnology and genetic modification
- Biotechnology
- Genetic modification
Topic names follow the published Cambridge IGCSE Biology 0610 syllabus.
What you get when you submit
Your score
Out of 40, the moment you submit, with no waiting for marking.
An indicative grade band
Based on how everyone else who sat this paper scored. Not a Cambridge grade boundary.
A topic-by-topic breakdown
Which of the 60 Biology topics cost you marks, so you know what to revise next.
Worked solutions
Shown on submit for every question, so you can see where the reasoning went wrong.
Grade bands are indicative and come from the score distribution of everyone who has sat the paper, recalculated monthly. They are not Cambridge grade boundaries. Your percentile is the share of first ranked attempts in that subject scoring lower than you. It appears once 50 students have sat the paper.
What do the questions look like?
3 sample Biology questions, in the format you will meet them on the paper. Pick an answer to see the worked solution — the same way the real paper shows them the moment you submit.
- 1 3. Movement into and out of cells
A plant cell is placed in a concentrated sugar solution. What happens to the cell?
Answer C. The solution outside is more concentrated than the cell sap, so water leaves the vacuole by osmosis and the cell plasmolyses — the membrane and cytoplasm pull away from the wall. The common error is to pick the bursting option: a plant cell has a rigid cellulose wall, and in any case bursting happens when water enters, not when it leaves. - 2 5. Enzymes
An enzyme-controlled reaction proceeds more slowly at 60 °C than at 20 °C. What is the best explanation?
Answer B. Above its optimum the enzyme denatures: bonds holding the tertiary structure break, the active site changes shape and the substrate no longer fits. The trap is the first option — molecules move faster at higher temperatures, not slower. An enzyme is also a catalyst, so it is never used up. - 3 9. Transport in animals
Which blood vessel carries oxygenated blood at the highest pressure?
Answer C. The aorta leaves the left ventricle, the chamber with the thickest muscular wall, so it carries oxygenated blood at the highest pressure in the body. The pulmonary vein also carries oxygenated blood, but it returns from the lungs at low pressure — this question separates students who remember that veins carry deoxygenated blood as a rule of thumb from those who know the two exceptions.
Every question is original and written against a specific objective in the Cambridge IGCSE Biology 0610 syllabus. They are not past-paper questions.
What a plan includes, and what is open to everyone
The gate is listed here, before you start. Nothing below is discovered on the result screen.
| Learning Platform plan | Without a plan | |
|---|---|---|
| Sit the Mock (40 questions, timed) | Yes, as often as you like. Your first attempt is the ranked one. | — |
| Your score and an indicative grade band | The moment you submit. | — |
| Worked solutions on every question | Shown on submit. | — |
| Topic-by-topic breakdown and the full question-by-question report | Included. | — |
| Your percentile against everyone else sitting it | On your ranked attempt, once 50 students have sat that subject. | — |
| The paper format, the full syllabus scope and the sample questions | Yes. | Yes — everything on these pages, no account needed. |
| Round 2 theory papers | A paid add-on. | — |
A Learning Platform plan is required to sit a Mock. There is no free paper in this section — what is free is everything on these pages: the format, the full syllabus scope and the sample questions. Tutopiya's revision tools, lesson notes and past-paper resources stay free and need no account.
Frequently asked questions
What does the IGCSE Biology mock exam cover? +
The whole Cambridge IGCSE Biology 0610 syllabus — all 21 sections and 60 topics, listed in full on this page. Questions are drawn from across the syllabus rather than a selected list, which is why these papers are written for the February/March 2027 sitting.
How long is the Biology paper? +
40 questions in 45 minutes, matching Cambridge Paper 2 (Extended). It is timed, cannot be paused, and is sat in one go.
Is the Biology paper Core or Extended? +
Extended. There is no Core paper — the questions are written to the Extended content of the 0610 syllabus and built to Paper 2 (Extended).
How much does the IGCSE Biology mock exam cost? +
Sitting it needs a Tutopiya Learning Platform plan — there is no free Biology paper in this section, and we would rather say so here than after you have answered 40 questions. The plan covers unlimited re-sits, worked solutions, your indicative grade band, the topic-by-topic breakdown, the full question-by-question report and your percentile. Everything on this page — the format, all 60 syllabus topics and the sample questions — is free to read with no account.
Are these real Cambridge Biology past papers? +
No. They are original exam-style questions written by Tutopiya's subject specialists against the published Cambridge IGCSE Biology 0610 syllabus. They are not past papers, and Tutopiya is not affiliated with or endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education.
I am sitting Biology in May/June 2027. Can I use this? +
You can, but these papers sample the whole syllabus, so you will meet topics you have not been taught yet and your score will understate where you stand. A May/June edition is coming. In the meantime the sample questions on this page show the question style for nothing.
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