UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

International General Certificate of Secondary Education

MARK SCHEME for the October/November 2008 question paper

0653 COMBINED SCIENCE

0653/01 Paper 1 (Multiple Choice), maximum raw mark 40

Mark schemes must be read in conjunction with the question papers and the report on the
examination.

• CIE will not enter into discussions or correspondence in connection with these mark schemes.

CIE is publishing the mark schemes for October/November 2008 question papers for most IGCSE,
GCE Advanced Level and Advanced Subsidiary Level syllabuses and some Ordinary Level
syllabuses.
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Question Question
Key Key
Number Number
1 B 21 C
2 A 22 D
3 C 23 C
4 B 24 A
5 D 25 D

6 A 26 B
7 D 27 B
8 B 28 C
9 D 29 B
10 B 30 A

11 B 31 D
12 D 32 A
13 A 33 D
14 C 34 D
15 D 35 A

16 B 36 A
17 B 37 B
18 A 38 C
19 B 39 B
20 A 40 A

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