Physical Sciences Past Papers and Memos
Grade 10, 11 & 12 Physical Sciences past papers and marking guidelines, free and fully offline.
Physical Sciences is two subjects wearing one name. Paper 1 is Physics — mechanics, waves, electricity. Paper 2 is Chemistry — bonding, reactions, equilibrium, organic molecules. Learners who treat it as one subject usually end up strong in one paper and quietly terrified of the other.
The Grade 10, 11 & 12 Physics App carries every DBE past paper and memo for both papers, organised by grade, term and topic. Every question comes with an interactive simulation, so instead of memorising what a projectile does, you drag the slider and watch it happen.
Physical Sciences by grade
Grade 10
Physical Sciences past papers
Grade 10 Physical Sciences past papers and marking guidelines for Physics and Chemistry, free and fully offline.
Grade 11
Physical Sciences past papers
Grade 11 Physical Sciences past papers and marking guidelines for Physics and Chemistry, with a simulation for every concept.
Grade 12
Physical Sciences past papers
Every Grade 12 Physical Sciences past paper and memo — Paper 1 Physics and Paper 2 Chemistry — with a simulation for every question.
How to actually use a past paper
Downloading papers is not studying. This is the loop that moves a mark.
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Pick a paper you have not seen
Choose a full past paper from a year you have not worked through. Recent papers matter most, but older ones repeat the same question types, so do not skip them.
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Write it under exam conditions
Full time limit, no notes, no phone in reach. A paper you did with the memo open teaches you nothing about what you actually know.
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Mark yourself against the memo
Use the official marking guideline and mark strictly. Method marks matter — mark them the way an examiner would, not the way you wish they would.
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Work through every mistake
For each lost mark, find out why you lost it. Ask the AI tutor in the app to work the question out step by step until you can redo it from a blank page.
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Repeat the question type, not the paper
Find three more questions on the same topic from other years and do those. Papers repeat their patterns — that is the entire reason past papers work.
Frequently asked questions
The Grade 10, 11 & 12 Physical Sciences app carries the official DBE past papers with their marking guidelines, sorted by grade, year and topic. It is free, and every paper can be saved to your phone for offline use.
Paper 1 — Physics (150 marks, 3 hours) covers momentum and impulse, vertical projectile motion in one dimension, work, energy and power, doppler effect. Paper 2 — Chemistry (150 marks, 3 hours) covers organic molecules — structure, naming and reactions, rate and extent of reaction, chemical equilibrium, acids and bases.
Paper 1 — Physics (150 marks, 3 hours) covers vectors in two dimensions, newton's laws and application of newton's laws, geometrical optics, 2d and 3d wavefronts. Paper 2 — Chemistry (150 marks, 3 hours) covers atomic combinations and molecular structure, intermolecular forces, ideal gases and thermal properties, quantitative aspects of chemical change (stoichiometry).
Paper 1 — Physics (150 marks, 3 hours) covers transverse pulses and waves, longitudinal waves and sound, electromagnetic radiation, motion in one dimension. Paper 2 — Chemistry (150 marks, 3 hours) covers classification of matter, states of matter and the kinetic molecular theory, atomic structure, the periodic table.
Grade 10, 11 & 12, all inside the same free download.
Every paper. Every memo.
Free, and offline.
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