IB past papers & mark schemes
10,980 documents across 28 subjects, 1983–2026. Open a sitting and read the question paper beside the mark scheme.
MarkScheme is where IB students read the paper, then go further: mark the answer, learn the topic, and ask the doubt. The papers stay on this page.
Read the paper
Pick a subject and a sitting. The question paper is on the page. The mark scheme is one tap away.
Mark the answer
Photograph what you wrote. MarkScheme checks it against IB markbands, as a second pass after you mark it yourself.
Learn the topic
Free IB courses sit next to the papers, topic by topic, with the criterion practice that the sitting just exposed.
Group 1 · Studies in Language and Literature
Group 2 · Language Acquisition
Group 3 · Individuals and Societies
Group 4 · Sciences
Group 5 · Mathematics
Group 6 · The Arts
Group 7 · Core
Group 8 · More subjects in the archive
- Italian B
- Italian B
- Japanese B
- Japanese B
- Mandarin B
- Mandarin B
- Chinese B
- Chinese B
- Indonesian B
- Indonesian B
- Portuguese B
- Portuguese B
- Korean B
- Korean B
- Russian B
- Russian B
- Arabic B
- Arabic B
- Hindi B
- Hindi B
- English B
- English B
- Language B
- Language B
- Philosophy
- Philosophy
- Information Technology in a Global Society
- Information Technology in a Global Society
- Social and Cultural Anthropology
- Social and Cultural Anthropology
- World Religions
- Mathematics
- Mathematics
- Mathematical Studies
- Further Mathematics
- Latin
- Latin
- Classical Greek
- Classical Greek
Past papers, by session and paper
Pick a subject above to see its papers laid out by exam series. Work each under timed conditions, mark yourself against the band descriptors, and use the guidance to close the gap to a 7.
Frequently asked questions
- Where can I read IB past papers and mark schemes?
- Here, on MarkScheme (markscheme.app/ib/past-papers). Open a subject, pick a sitting, and read the question paper beside the mark scheme on this site. The archive covers 28 IB Diploma subjects, May and November, from 1983 to 2026.
- Are IB past papers free here?
- Yes. Open any subject, pick a sitting, and read the question paper and mark scheme side by side. Markband guidance sits with the papers so you can see how examiners award marks.
- What else is on MarkScheme besides the papers?
- The papers are the start. Photograph a handwritten answer for markband feedback, study the free IB course for that topic, or ask the doubt in Exam Room. Cambridge past papers and courses live on the same site.
- Which IB sessions are covered?
- May and November sessions from the 1980s through the latest exam papers, with timezone variants where IB set more than one paper. Open a subject to see every sitting.
- How should I use IB past papers?
- Work a paper under timed conditions, then mark yourself against the band descriptors — not just a model answer. Repeat across sessions and track which papers keep costing you marks.