AKU-EB HSSC (Intermediate) Physics (XI-XII): syllabus, papers and marking
AKU-EB HSSC Physics across twenty topics: fifty MCQs, a 35-mark Paper II of constructed and extended responses and a 15-mark practical.
Physics HSSC Syllabus 2025 · Annual and September series · grades A++ to U (IBCC scale)
AKU-EB HSSC Physics: where the marks go
AKU-EB Physics at HSSC is a 100-mark qualification sat at the end of each class: Paper I is 50 compulsory MCQs on an OMR sheet, Paper II is 35 marks of constructed and extended responses in the answer booklet, and Paper III is a 15-mark practical held separately. Papers I and II share a three-hour sitting. The syllabus fixes the marks topic by topic in a table of exam specifications, and the cognitive weighting is the proportions stated in the syllabus table. Marks are won on stating the relationship, substituting with units and reading graphs and diagrams for what they mean, not on recalling statements alone.
AdmitPortfolio builds Physics papers to that table, with MCQs written as applied and data-based items and constructed responses that ask for the working or the reason. Paper I scores automatically; Paper II is marked question by question as each rubric is released, with the concept behind each lost mark named. The practical is not marked on the platform.
Paper structure and what we mark
| Paper | Time | Marks | Weight | Questions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper I — Multiple Choice | 3 h (Papers I and II) | 50 | 50% | 50 compulsory four-option MCQs on an OMR sheet, 1 mark each |
| Paper II — Constructed and Extended Response | — | 35 | 35% | CRQs and ERQs in the answer booklet; each ERQ is either/or. 35 marks in each class |
| Paper III — Practical | Separate | 15 | 15% | Practical exam with journal, from the practical activities in the syllabus |
Syllabus outline
- Physical Quantities and Measurement
- Scalars and Vectors
- Motion in One Dimension
- Motion in Two Dimensions
- Deformation in Solids
- Fluids Dynamics
- Oscillations
- Waves
- Physical Optics
- Thermodynamics
- Gravitation
- Electrostatics
- Electric Current
- Electromagnetism
- Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Current
- Quantum Mechanics
- Nuclear Physics
- Particle Physics
- Medical and Space Physics
- Nature of Science
How each paper is marked here
- Paper I (50 MCQs) is scored automatically against the key and reported by topic against the syllabus table.
- Constructed responses are marked for the specific point or step asked for, and extended responses are marked for completeness of the explanation, diagrams and examples.
- Practical marks come from the school’s practical examination and journal and are outside the written marking.
Where AKU-EB HSSC Physics candidates lose marks
- Numericals with no formula or substitution shown — A bare answer earns the answer mark at best. Writing the relation, substituting with units, then the result is what separates a full-mark response from a one-mark one.
- Units dropped or left unconverted — Kilometres per hour mixed with metres per second, or grams used in a density sum, quietly costs the final mark even when the method is right.
- Definitions given as everyday examples — Saying work is done when you push a box is not the definition. The mark needs the quantity relationship: force times displacement in the direction of the force.
- Graphs named by shape, not read for meaning — Distance-time and speed-time questions reward what the gradient or the area represents; calling the line straight gains nothing.
- Either/or extended answers that run across both options — Each extended response is either/or. Writing half of each leaves neither complete and leaves the examiner with nothing full to credit.
Sample papers, mark schemes and marked reports for AKU-EB HSSC Physics
See a real handwritten script marked by eight examiners at admitportfolio.com/examiners.
Questions teachers ask
- Which sittings are examined?
- AKU-EB examines the syllabus in both the Annual and the September sessions.
- How is Paper II split?
- The exam-specification table assigns CRQ and ERQ marks to each topic; the paper totals 21 CRQ marks and 14 ERQ marks, each ERQ presented as either/or.
- Is the grading scale the IBCC 10-point scale?
- Yes. Grades run from A++ to U on the IBCC scale, with 40% as the pass line, from the 2026 annual exams for Part I and 2027 for Part II.
- Is this official AKU-EB marking?
- No. Aga Khan University Examination Board marks the real exam. This is examiner-style marking of mocks and homework for AKU-EB HSSC Physics. Only you see the marking, and you decide what reaches the student.
- Do you reproduce past-paper questions?
- No. Every XI-XII paper here is original and written to the physics hssc syllabus 2025, in the same structure as the real papers shown above.
- Which papers are marked?
- None yet are marked question by question; Paper I are scored instantly. Practical exams sat at the centre are not marked here.
- How is the next paper chosen?
- From the marks a student lost: the concepts behind them are ranked by marks dropped, and the new paper weights those topics. It is the same syllabus and structure, with new questions.
- When are the exams?
- Annual and September series. Grades A++ to U (IBCC scale).
Other AKU-EB HSSC (Intermediate) courses
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- AKU-EB HSSC (Intermediate) Chemistry (XI-XII)
- AKU-EB HSSC (Intermediate) Computer Science (XI-XII)
- AKU-EB HSSC (Intermediate) Mathematics (XI-XII)
- AKU-EB HSSC (Intermediate) English Compulsory (XI-XII)
- AKU-EB HSSC (Intermediate) Urdu Compulsory (XI-XII)
- AKU-EB HSSC (Intermediate) Islamiyat (XII)