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NSEP Previous Year Papers & Official Answer Keys

A verified library of official NSEP question papers and final answer keys, plus INPhO papers and model solutions.

2026–27 cycleChecked 20 October 2026
Official papers open on the organisers’ websites. Always match the examination year, paper code and answer key. The library separates NSEP answer keys from INPhO worked solutions.

9 verified paper entries

NSEP · 2025

NSEP 2025 · Paper code 61

IAPT paper held on 23 November 2025. Use the code 61 column. The final key includes a dropped question and accepted alternative combinations; use it instead of the tentative key.

NSEP · 2024

NSEP 2024 · Paper code 61

IAPT paper held on 24 November 2024. Match the code 61 column and check the final key for dropped questions and accepted alternatives.

NSEP · 2023

NSEP 2023 · Paper code 61

IAPT paper held on 26 November 2023. The key's filename contains TENTATIVE, but the inspected document is explicitly headed FINAL ANSWER KEY NSEP - 2023. Use its code 61 column.

NSEP · 2022

NSEP 2022 · Paper code 61

IAPT paper held on 27 November 2022, in the 2022–23 cycle. Use the code 61 column. This is distinct from the March 2022 IOQP examination.

INPhO · 2025

INPhO 2025 · English

Second-stage written examination held on 2 February 2025: 3 hours, 75 marks. This is deeper practice after NSEP. Uses the revised solution file linked by HBCSE's current archive.

INPhO · 2024

INPhO 2024 · English

HBCSE second-stage paper and the revised model-solution file linked from its official past-paper archive. Write complete reasoning before checking the solutions.

INPhO · 2023

INPhO 2023 · English

HBCSE second-stage paper with the model solutions currently linked from its official archive. INPhO tests written problem solving; it is not an NSEP-format mock.

INPhO · 2022

IOQP 2021–22 Part II (INPhO) · English

Historical IOQP format held on 13 March 2022: Part II was INPhO, with 2 hours and 50 marks. Useful for practice, but its timing and format differ from recent INPhO papers.

Use a paper well.

  1. Check the year, examination and any region or paper-code note.
  2. For NSEP, attempt the paper under its own instructions and time limit. Historical formats can differ.
  3. Compare with the matching final key. A key lists answers; it is not a worked solution.
  4. Write down the reasoning for every missed question, then reattempt it later.
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