IGCSE I Final Exam MAY 2025
IGCSE I Final Exam MAY 2025
SUBJECT
DATE DAY SUBJECT DURATION
CODE
Commerce 7100 2 Hrs.
08-05-2025 Thursday EM 0680 3 Hrs.
Computer Science 0478 1 Hr 45 mins.
Islamiyat P1 0493/12 1 Hr 30 mins.
09-5-2025 Friday
Pearson Edexcel Islamic Studies 4IS1 2 Hrs 30 mins.
12-5-2025 Monday Mathematics 0580 2 Hrs.
Urdu 0539 3 Hrs.
13-5-2025 Tuesday
Pearson Edexcel Urdu 1URO 2 Hrs 30 mins.
Biology 0610
14-5-2025 Wednesday 3 Hrs.
Economics 0455
15-5-2025 Thursday English 0510 3 Hrs.
Environment of Pakistan
0448/02 1 Hr 30 mins.
16-5-2025 Friday Pearson Edexcel Land, People &
4PA1 1 Hr 30 mins.
Economy
History of Pakistan
0448/01 1 Hr 30 mins.
19-5-2025 Monday Pearson Edexcel History &
4PA1 1 Hr 30 mins.
Culture
21-5-2025 Wednesday Islamiyat P2 0493/22 1 Hr 30 mins.
Chemistry 0620 3 Hrs.
22-5-2025 Thursday
Business Studies 0450 2 Hrs 30 mins.
Physics 0625 3 Hrs.
23-5-2025 Friday
Accounting 0452 2 Hrs 30 mins.
Accounting
1. Accounting Basics Basic Accounting definitions 100 • Definitions and examples of capital and
• (Accounting and Bookkeeping, Invoice, debit revenue receipts
note, credit note, statement of account, receipt • Concept of Inventory valuations including
etc.) calculations
2. Books of Prime Entries Preparation of basic books of 4. Verification of accounting records
prime entries • Preparation of control accounts (Sales and
• Preparation of sales and purchase journal Purchase ledger control accounts)
• Preparation of sales returns and purchase returns • Definitions and recording of irrecoverable
journal debts and provision for doubtful debts
• Preparation of ledger accounts and closing o 5. Preparation of Basic financial statements
ledger accounts • Preparation of Income statement of a sole
• Preparation of 3 columns cash book (including trader business
discount column) • Preparation of Statement of financial position
3. Accounting concepts of a sole trader business
• Definitions and examples of capital and revenue
expenditures
Chemistry
1. Kinetic Particle theory and states of matter 5. Periodic Table
2. Experimental Techniques and Separation Techniques 6. Stoichiometry and Number of moles
Crystallization, Evaporation, Filtration, Sublimation, 7. Chemistry of Environment
Distillation, Fractional Distillation, Chromatography Air and Water
3. Atomic Structure 8. Acids Bases and Salts
4. Chemical Bonding Ionic Bonding, Covalent Bonding, Salt Preparation methods and Salt Analysis
Metallic Bonding, Formula Making, Word and Symbol
equation, Macromolecules
Biology
1.1 Characteristics of living organisms 7.5 Absorption
1.2 Concept and use of classification system 8.1 Xylem and Phloem
1.3 Features of organisms 8.2 Water Uptake
2.1 Cell Structure 8.3 Transpiration
2.2 Size of specimens 8.4 Translocation
3.1 Diffusion 9.1 Circulatory system
3.2 Osmosis 9.2 Heart
3.3 Active transport 9.3 Blood vessels
4.1 Biological Molecule 9.4 Blood
5.1 Enzymes 10.1 Diseases and Immunity
6.1 Photosynthesis 11.1 Gas Exchange in humans
6.2 Leaf structure 12.1 Respiration
7.1 Diet 12.3 Aerobic respiration
7.2 Digestive system 12.3 An aerobic respiration
7.3 Physical digestion 13.1 Excretion in humans
7.4 Chemical digestion
Business Studies
Section 1: Understanding business activity: Section 2: People in business
1. Business activity 6. Motivating employees
2. Classification of businesses 7. Organisation and management
3. Enterprise, business growth and size 8. Recruitment, selection and training of employees
4. Types of business organisation 9. Internal and external communication
5. Business objectives and stakeholder objectives
Islamiyat
Paper 1: Paper 2:
Major Teachings of Quran: Major Teachings of Hadith
Surahs: 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18
• Surah Alaq (96:1-5) History and Importance of Hadith
• Surah Fatiha (1) • Structure and types of Hadith based on authencity
• Surah Zilzaal (99) • Methods used by major compilers
• Surah Baqarah (2:21-22) • Categories of Hadith
• Surah Al Nas (114) 4 Rightly guided Caliphs
• Surah Al Baqarah (2:30-37) • Caliphate of Hazrat Umar (RA)
• Surah Al Inaam (6:75-79) o Expansion of Islamic empire
• Surah Maaidah (5:110) o Battles undertaken against Persian and
• Surah Al Duha (93) Byzantines
• Surah Al Kausar (108) o Administration of Hazrat Umar (RA)
Chapter 2: History and Importance of Quran: o Martyrdom and character
• Compilation of Quran during the time of Rightly Pillars of Islam and Articles of Faith
Guided Caliphs • Zakat (Charity)
• Uses of Quran in daily lives • Fasting
• Revelation and Compilation of Quran • Prayer
Chapter 3: Life in Madinah: o It’s importance and method
• 1 A.H – 10 A.H o Conditions of prayer
• Holy Prophet (PBUH) relation with others o Ablution, importance and method
• Outstanding qualities of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) o Azan and its importance
Chapter 4: First Islamic Community: o Mosque and its importance in communities
• Scribes of Divine Revelation o Prayer in congregation, types
• Descendants of Holy Prophet (PBUH) o Importance for individual and communities
• Services and importances of Immigrants and Helpers o Condition of delayed prayer
o Shortened prayer
o Combined prayer
• Life after death
• Predestination
Economics
Chapter 1: Chapter 13:
• Basic economic problem in the contexts of • Advantages and disadvantages of the market
consumers; workers; producers; and governments. economic system
• The difference between economic goods and free • Definition of Market Economic System.
goods. Including examples of how it works in a variety of
Chapter 2: different countries.
• Factors of production and their rewards, mobility of Chapter 16 Money:
the factors of production. • The forms of money
• Causes of changes in the quantity and quality of the • Functions of money
various factors of production. • Characteristics of money
Chapter 3: Chapter 16 Banking:
• Definition of Opportunity Cost. • The role and importance of central banks for
• Influence of opportunity cost on decisions made by government, producers and consumers.
consumers, workers, producers and governments • The role and importance of commercial banks for
when allocating their resources. government, producers and consumers.
Chapter 4: Chapter 17 Households:
• Production Possibility Curve. • The influences on spending, saving and borrowing.
• Definition, drawing and interpretation of PPC. Including income, the rate of interest and
• The significance of the location of production points. confidence between different households and
• Movements along a PPC and opportunity cost. overtime.
• The causes and consequences of shifts in a PPC in
terms of an economy’s growth.
Economics
Chapter 5: Chapter 18:
• The difference between Microeconomics and • Factors affecting an individual’s Choice of
Macroeconomics and the decision makers involved in Occupation. Wage and non-wage factors Wage
each. determination.
• How a market system works, including buyers, sellers, • The influences of demand and supply, relative
allocation of scarce resources, market equilibrium, bargaining power and government policy,
and market disequilibrium. including minimum wage.
Chapter 6: • Reasons for Differences in Earnings.
• Establishing that the economic problem creates three • How changes in demand and supply, relative
key questions about determining resource allocation. bargaining strengths, discrimination and
• What To Produce - How to Produce - For Whom To government policy can all influence differences in
Produce. earnings between workers whether they are:
• How the price mechanism provides answers to these skilled/unskilled; primary/secondary/tertiary;
key allocation questions. male/female; private sector/public sector.
Chapter 7: • Division of labor/specialization Advantages and
• Definition of Demand. disadvantages for workers, firms and the
• Demand curve to be drawn and used to illustrate economy.
movements along a demand curve with appropriate Chapter 19:
terminology, for example extensions and contractions • Trade Union Role of trade unions in the economy.
in demand. Individual and market demand. Including engaging in collective bargaining on
• The causes of shifts in a demand curve with wages, working hours and working conditions;
appropriate terminology, for example increase and protecting employment; and influencing
decrease in demand. government policy. Advantages and
Chapter 8: disadvantages of trade union activity Factors
• Definition of Supply. Supply curve to be drawn and influencing the strength of trade unions. From the
used to illustrate movements along a Supply curve viewpoint of workers, firms and the government.
with appropriate terminology, for example extensions Chapter 20:
and contractions in Supply. • Classification of Firms. In terms of
• Individual and market Supply. primary/secondary/tertiary sectors and
• The causes of shifts in a Supply curve with private/public sector, and the relative size of firms.
appropriate terminology, for example increase and • The advantages and disadvantages of small firms,
decrease in Supply. the challenges facing small firms and reasons for
Chapter 9: their existence.
• Market Equilibrium. • Causes and forms of the growth of firms. Internal
• Definition, drawing and interpretation of demand and growth, for example increased market share.
supply schedules and curves used to establish • External growth, for example mergers.
equilibrium price and sales in a market. • Examples, advantages and disadvantages of
• Market disequilibrium different types of mergers: horizontal, vertical, and
• Definition, drawing and interpretation of demand and conglomerate.
supply schedules and curves used to identify Chapter 21:
disequilibrium prices and shortages (demand • Demand for factors of production Labor-intensive
exceeding supply) and surpluses (supply exceeding and Capital-intensive Production.
demand). • Production and productivity Influences to include
Chapter 10: demand for the product, the price of different
• Causes of Price Changes. factors of production, their availability and their
• Changing market conditions as causes of price productivity.
changes. • The reasons for adopting the different forms of
• Consequences of price changes. production and their advantages and
• Demand and supply diagrams to be used to illustrate disadvantages.
these changes in market conditions and their • The difference between, and influences on,
consequences for equilibrium price and sales production and productivity.
Chapter 11: Chapter 22:
• Definition of PED. Calculation of PED using the • Definition of Costs of Production.
formula and interpreting the significance of the • Total cost (TC), average total cost (ATC), fixed cost
result. (FC), variable cost (VC), average fixed cost (AFC),
• Drawing and interpretation of demand curve average variable cost (AVC).
diagrams to show different PED. Note: marginal cost is not required.
• The key influences on whether demand is elastic or • Calculation of costs of production Calculation of
inelastic. TC, ATC, FC, VC, AFC and AVC.
• PED and total spending on a product/revenue
• The relationship between PED and total spending on
a product/revenue, both in a diagram and as a
calculation.
• The implications for decision making by consumers,
producers and government.
Chapter 12:
• Definition of PES. Calculation of PES using the formula
and interpreting the significance of the result.
• Drawing and interpretation of supply curve diagrams
to show different PES
• The key influences on whether supply is elastic or
inelastic.
• The implications for decision making by consumers,
producers and government.
Computer Science
Chapter 1 Data representation: Chapter 4 Software
• Number systems • Types of software and interrupts.
• Text, sound and images • Types of programming language, translators and IDEs
• Data storage and file compression Chapter 5 The internet and its uses:
Chapter 2 Data transmission: • The internet and the world wide web (WWW)
• Types and methods of data transmission • Digital currency
• Methods of error detection • Cyber security
• Symmetric and asymmetric encryption Chapter 6 Automated and emerging technologies
Chapter 3 Hardware: Automated systems
• Input and output devices • Robotics
• Data storage • Artificial intelligence (AI)
• Network hardware
Note: Computer architecture in chapter 3 is not included in IGCSE-I syllabus and will be covered later in IGCSE-II.
English Language
Word Smart : A to N Words Workbook: Unit 2: Bears and Apes Speech – Q 3, 12 & 13
Composition: Descriptive, Narrative,Magazine Article, Workbook: Unit 6: Trunk Tales
Journal Entry, Report Writing,Interview/Script Writing “The Artistic Elephant” – Q # 2 – 4 (Language Style) and
Summary Writing Q # 6 (Directed Writing – Letter)
Unit 8: Directed Writing Workbook: Unit 8: Aiming High Directed Writing –
Reading – Text 1 “The Joys of Jogging” Journal Entry
Q # 3: Interview/Script Writing Q # 4: (Note: Write a Unit 11: Directed Writing
“Magazine Article” instead of a “Flyer” Text: “Feng Shui” (Pg. # 123) Q # 3 (a or b)
Unit 9: Composition Workbook: Unit 6: Trunk Tales Passage A – Q # 5: Report
Text: “The Eyes have it” Q # 3 & 5 Writing
Workbook: Unit 5: Great Rivers Unit 11: Text 5: “Newspaper Article” (Pg. # 125) Q # 8a
Passage A: “Amazon Facts” - Language and Style Q # 2 – 5 Unit 12:Composition
Workbook: Unit 5: Great Rivers Passage B – Q 10 – 12 “Dialogues in Narrative” Q # 6 (any 2 parts from a, b c, d)
Unseen Comprehension
Mathematics
Unit 1: Unit 3:
Chapter 1: Chapter 10:
Review of number concepts. Quadratic Expressions and Equations
Chapter 2: From (Ex 10.8 till 10.12)
Making sense of Algebra Chapter 10:
Chapter 3: Straight Line
Lines, Angles and Shapes (Coordinate Geometry)
Chapter 4: Chapter 11:
Collecting, Organizing and Displaying Data Pythagoras theorem and Similar Shapes
Unit 2: Unit 4:
Chapter 5: Chapter 13:
Fractions, Percentages and Standard form Understanding Measurement
Chapter 6: Chapter 14:
Equations, Factors and Formulae Further Solving of Equations and Inequalities
Chapter 7: Exclude (Region in a Plane)
Perimeter, Area and Volume Chapter 16:
Chapter 8: Scatter Diagram
Introduction to Probability Unit 6:
Unit 3: Chapter 21:
Chapter 9: Ratio, Rate and Proportion
Rational and Irrational Numbers and Surds Exclude (Kinematics Graph)
Note: Extended practice of Topical Past Papers’ questions of all topics
Physics
General Physics: Thermal physics:
• Making measurements • The Kinetic Particle Model of Matter
• Describing motion • Thermal Properties of matter
• Force and Motion • Thermal energy transfers
• Pressure Wave Properties:
• Moment • Sound
• Momentum & Impluse • General wave properties
• Work, Energy and Power
• Energy stores and transfers
• Energy resources
Pakistan Studies
ENVIRONMENT OF PAKISTAN: HISTORY AND CULTURE OF PAKISTAN:
• Climate • The Emergence of Pakistan between 1906-1947
• Agricultural Development • Contributions of Jinnah, Allama Iqbal and Rehmat
• Power Resources Ali
• Industrial Development • Establishment of an independent nation between
1947-48
• Nationhood: Era of instability between 1948-1958
Urdu Language
• Comprehension • Summary Writing
• Multiple Choice Questions • E Mail
• Note Making • Essay Writing