CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

International General Certificate of Secondary Education

MARK SCHEME for the October/November 2012 series

0653 COMBINED SCIENCE

0653/11 Paper 11 (Multiple Choice), maximum raw mark 40

Mark schemes should be read in conjunction with the question paper and the Principal Examiner Report for Teachers.

Cambridge will not enter into discussions about these mark schemes.

Cambridge is publishing the mark schemes for the October/November 2012 series for most IGCSE, GCE Advanced
Level and Advanced Subsidiary Level components and some Ordinary Level components.
Page 2 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper
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Question Question
Key Key
Number Number

1 B 21 C
2 A 22 B
3 C 23 A
4 D 24 A
5 C 25 A

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

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

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

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