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Free AQA GCSE Physical Education
Practice Paper

8 mixed-difficulty practice questions in the style of real AQA GCSE papers — answers, mark-scheme-style explanations, and the official exam structure all on one page.

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What the real AQA GCSE Physical Education paper looks like

Paper 1
Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 1-4 of the specification.
Paper 2
Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 5-8 of the specification.
Paper 3
Where applicable — e.g. Combined Science, Languages. Includes synoptic and applied questions.
Total exam time: ~3 hours across two or three papers.
Grading: Grades: 9 (highest) to 1 (lowest), with U (ungraded). A grade of 4 is a standard pass; 5 is a strong pass.

Mini practice paper: 8 questions

Mixed-difficulty questions from across the Physical Education syllabus. Tap "Show answer" after each to check yourself.

Q1 · Difficulty 1/3

Which chamber of the heart pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs?

  1. Left ventricle
  2. Right atrium
  3. Right ventricle
  4. Left atrium
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✓ Answer: C — Right ventricle
The right ventricle pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs via the pulmonary artery. The left ventricle pumps oxygenated blood around the body. The right atrium receives deoxygenated blood from the body but does not pump it to the lungs. The left atrium receives oxygenated blood from the lungs.
Q2 · Difficulty 1/3

Which of the following best describes the role of the aorta in the cardiovascular system?

  1. Carries deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs
  2. Carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium
  3. Carries deoxygenated blood from the body to the heart
  4. Carries oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to the body
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✓ Answer: D — Carries oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to the body
The aorta is the largest artery in the body and carries oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to the systemic circulation. The vena cava carries deoxygenated blood from the body to the heart. The pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium. The pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs.
Q3 · Difficulty 1/3

Which type of muscle tissue is found in the walls of the heart?

  1. Skeletal muscle
  2. Voluntary muscle
  3. Smooth muscle
  4. Cardiac muscle
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✓ Answer: D — Cardiac muscle
The heart is composed of cardiac muscle (myocardium), which is involuntary and contracts rhythmically without fatigue. Smooth muscle is found in the walls of hollow organs such as blood vessels and the intestines. Skeletal and voluntary muscle are the same tissue type, found in muscles attached to the skeleton and under conscious control.
Q4 · Difficulty 2/3

The drive that makes an athlete want to compete is:

  1. injury
  2. recovery
  3. motivation
  4. fatigue
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✓ Answer: C — motivation
Motivation is the drive to act.
Q5 · Difficulty 2/3

Regular exercise strengthens the heart and improves:

  1. fitness
  2. stress
  3. injury
  4. boredom
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✓ Answer: A — fitness
Exercise improves fitness.
Q6 · Difficulty 2/3

A performer's breathing rate is 15 breaths per minute and their tidal volume is 0.6 litres. What is their minute ventilation?

  1. 0.04 litres per minute
  2. 90 litres per minute
  3. 9 litres per minute
  4. 15.6 litres per minute
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✓ Answer: C — 9 litres per minute
Minute ventilation = Tidal volume × Breathing rate = 0.6 × 15 = 9 litres per minute. Option D results from dividing tidal volume by breathing rate instead of multiplying. Option B results from adding the two values rather than multiplying. Option C is a magnitude error, possibly from forgetting to use 0.6 (treating it as 6).
Q7 · Difficulty 3/3

When the biceps contracts to bend the arm, the triceps:

  1. also contracts
  2. disappears
  3. grows
  4. relaxes
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✓ Answer: D — relaxes
The antagonist relaxes as the agonist contracts.
Q8 · Difficulty 3/3

Losing fitness when you stop training is the principle of:

  1. overload
  2. reversibility
  3. progression
  4. specificity
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✓ Answer: B — reversibility
Reversibility: fitness is lost without training.
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AQA GCSE Physical Education FAQ

What does the AQA GCSE Physical Education exam look like?
The AQA GCSE Physical Education exam is structured across 3 components. Paper 1: Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 1-4 of the specification. Paper 2: Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 5-8 of the specification. Paper 3: Where applicable — e.g. Combined Science, Languages. Includes synoptic and applied questions. Total exam time: ~3 hours across two or three papers.
Can I download a free AQA GCSE Physical Education past paper?
Real AQA past papers are published directly by AQA on their official website. Kramizo doesn't redistribute copyrighted past papers, but we do generate free AI-written practice papers in the exact same style — same command words, same difficulty tier, same mark conventions. Use this practice paper as warm-up, then time yourself on official past papers before exam day.
How is AQA GCSE Physical Education graded?
Grades: 9 (highest) to 1 (lowest), with U (ungraded). A grade of 4 is a standard pass; 5 is a strong pass. Kramizo's practice questions are tagged with difficulty 1-3 mapping roughly to the lower, middle, and top grade boundaries you'll encounter in the real exam.