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Free CIE IGCSE Geography
Practice Paper

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

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What the real CIE IGCSE Geography paper looks like

Paper 1 (Multiple Choice)
40 multiple-choice questions, 1 mark each. 45 minutes. Tests breadth of knowledge.
Paper 2 (Core) / Paper 4 (Extended)
Structured written paper. 1 hour 30 minutes (Core) or 1 hour 45 minutes (Extended). Tests depth of understanding and application.
Paper 6 (Alternative to Practical)
Written paper assessing practical skills for candidates without lab access. 1 hour. Worth ~20% of the total.
Total exam time: ~3 hours, depending on tier (Core vs Extended).
Grading: Grades: A* (highest) to G (lowest), with U (ungraded). Most universities require C or above.

Mini practice paper: 8 questions

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

Q1 · Difficulty 1/3

Which of these is a pull factor that attracts migrants to a city?

  1. Drought and crop failure
  2. Better-paid jobs
  3. Civil war in the region
  4. Lack of schools in rural areas
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✓ Answer: B — Better-paid jobs
Award 1 mark. Pull factors attract people to a place. Drought, war and lack of schools are push factors that drive people away from their home area.
Q2 · Difficulty 1/3

What is the birth rate?

  1. The number of deaths per 1000 people per year
  2. The number of children each woman has in her life
  3. The number of live births per 1000 people per year
  4. The number of babies who die before their first birthday
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✓ Answer: C — The number of live births per 1000 people per year
Award 1 mark. Birth rate is a crude rate per thousand of the whole population. Deaths per thousand is the death rate, children per woman is the fertility rate, and infant deaths are the infant mortality rate.
Q3 · Difficulty 1/3

How do sand dunes form?

  1. Waves pile sand up against the foot of a tall cliff
  2. Wind blows dry sand inland, where it is trapped by obstacles and plants
  3. Rivers drop their sand where they meet the open sea
  4. Corals build up sand from their skeletons on the reef
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✓ Answer: B — Wind blows dry sand inland, where it is trapped by obstacles and plants
Award 1 mark. Plants such as marram grass trap the sand and help dunes grow. Waves build beaches, rivers build deltas, and coral material forms reef sand, not dunes.
Q4 · Difficulty 1/3

What is the term used to describe the area of land drained by a river and its tributaries?

  1. River channel
  2. Watershed
  3. Drainage basin
  4. Floodplain
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✓ Answer: C — Drainage basin
Award 1 mark for identifying drainage basin as the area of land drained by a river and its tributaries. B is incorrect — watershed refers to the boundary (ridge of high land) between drainage basins, not the area itself. D is incorrect — a floodplain is the flat area adjacent to a river that floods periodically. A is incorrect — the river channel is only the course where water flows, not the entire drainage area.
Q5 · Difficulty 1/3

What does a maximum–minimum thermometer record?

  1. The temperature at noon each day only
  2. The average temperature for the whole month
  3. The temperature of the surface of the sea
  4. The highest and lowest temperatures since it was last reset
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✓ Answer: D — The highest and lowest temperatures since it was last reset
Award 1 mark. It is usually read and reset once a day, giving the daily range. It does not record only noon, a monthly average, or sea temperature.
Q6 · Difficulty 1/3

Which instrument measures wind speed?

  1. A wind vane
  2. A barometer
  3. A hygrometer
  4. An anemometer
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✓ Answer: D — An anemometer
Award 1 mark. Its spinning cups turn faster in stronger wind. A wind vane shows direction, a barometer measures pressure, and a hygrometer measures humidity.
Q7 · Difficulty 1/3

Which instrument shows wind direction?

  1. A wind vane
  2. An anemometer
  3. A rain gauge
  4. A thermometer
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✓ Answer: A — A wind vane
Award 1 mark. It points towards the direction the wind is blowing from. An anemometer measures speed, a rain gauge measures rainfall, and a thermometer measures temperature.
Q8 · Difficulty 1/3

What is a conurbation?

  1. A small group of houses in the countryside
  2. A village with a church and a shop
  3. A farm with a few outbuildings
  4. A large urban area formed when towns and cities merge
Show answer & explanation
✓ Answer: D — A large urban area formed when towns and cities merge
Award 1 mark. As cities sprawl, they join neighbouring towns, as in the West Midlands or the Tokyo region. The other options describe much smaller rural settlements.
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CIE IGCSE Geography FAQ

What does the CIE IGCSE Geography exam look like?
The CIE IGCSE Geography exam is structured across 3 components. Paper 1 (Multiple Choice): 40 multiple-choice questions, 1 mark each. 45 minutes. Tests breadth of knowledge. Paper 2 (Core) / Paper 4 (Extended): Structured written paper. 1 hour 30 minutes (Core) or 1 hour 45 minutes (Extended). Tests depth of understanding and application. Paper 6 (Alternative to Practical): Written paper assessing practical skills for candidates without lab access. 1 hour. Worth ~20% of the total. Total exam time: ~3 hours, depending on tier (Core vs Extended).
Can I download a free CIE IGCSE Geography past paper?
Real CIE past papers are published directly by CIE 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 CIE IGCSE Geography graded?
Grades: A* (highest) to G (lowest), with U (ungraded). Most universities require C or above. 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.