IGCSE Business Studies
Welcome to IGCSE Business Studies
The syllabus has been divided into the following sections. Each section has a collection of revision notes, interactive quizzes, crosswords, gap fills, word search quiz, case studies, worksheets and lot of other goodies.
This section also covers most of the topics for IB Business & Management, OCR , AQA, EDEXCEL GCSE Business studies and other curriculums from across the globe.
IGCSE Business Studies (450) at a glance
| Section | Topics |
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Understanding business activity
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| People in business |
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| Marketing |
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| Operations management |
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| Financial information and decisions |
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| External influences on business activity |
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Scheme of Assessment
Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies Syllabus code 0450
For Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies, candidates take two compulsory components, Paper 1 and Paper 2. Both question papers will draw on topics taken from the whole of the syllabus content. All candidates are eligible for grades A* to G.
Paper 1 - 1 hour 30 minutes
Weightage 50%
Written examination consisting of four questions requiring a mixture of short answers and structured data responses.
Candidates answer all questions.
80 marks.
Externally assessed.
Paper 2 -1 hour 30 minutes
Weightage 50%
Written examination consisting of four questions based on a case study, provided as an Insert with the paper.
Candidates answer all questions.
80 marks.
Externally assessed
Cambridge IGCSE Syllabus and Specimen papers
The syllabus year refers to the year in which the examination will be taken.
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IGCSE Business Studies Past Year papers
You can view one or more papers for a previous session. Please note that these papers may not reflect the content of the current syllabus.
- November 2011 Question Paper 11 (PDF, 136KB)
- November 2011 Mark scheme 11 (PDF, 118KB)
- November 2011 Question Paper 12 (PDF, 136KB)
- November 2011 Mark scheme 12 (PDF, 118KB)
- November 2011 Question Paper 13 (PDF, 136KB)
- November 2011 Mark scheme 13 (PDF, 116KB)
- June 2016 Question Paper 11 (PDF, 218KB)
- June 2016 Mark Scheme Paper 11 (PDF, 149KB)
- June 2016 Question Paper 21 (PDF, 449KB)
- June 2016 Mark Scheme Paper 21 (PDF, 140KB)
- June 2016 Paper 21 Insert (PDF, 463KB)
IGCSE Business Studies Specimen Paper
- 2015 Paper 1 Specimen Paper (PDF, 333KB)
- 2015 Paper 1 Specimen Paper Markscheme (PDF, 139KB)
- 2015 Paper 2 Specimen Paper (PDF, 312KB)
- 2015 Paper 2 Specimen Paper Markscheme (PDF, 135KB)
- 2020 Specimen Paper 1 (PDF, 162KB)
- 2020 Specimen Paper 1 Mark Scheme (PDF, 134KB)
- 2020 Specimen Paper 2 (PDF, 147KB)
- 2020 Specimen Paper 2 Mark Scheme (PDF, 142KB)
- 2020 Specimen paper 2 Insert (PDF, 290KB)2020 Specimen paper 2 Insert (PDF, 290KB)
