NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA)

HSC Physics (Year 12) practice exams

Free original HSC Physics multiple-choice practice. 20 exams of 20 questions each, written to the NESA Physics Stage 6 Syllabus (2017), Modules 5–8, with timed exam mode and worked explanations.

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The HSC Physics examination is worth 100 marks. Section I is 20 multiple-choice questions, 1 mark each, with about 35 minutes suggested. These practice exams reproduce that section's format and difficulty.

What's inside

  • 20 exams, each with 20 multiple-choice questions.
  • Questions span Year 12 Modules 5–8: Advanced Mechanics, Electromagnetism, The Nature of Light, and From the Universe to the Atom.
  • Exam mode runs a 35-minute timer with no feedback until you submit. Practice mode lets you check each answer and read the working before moving on.
  • Every question has a worked explanation: the principle, the steps, why each wrong option is wrong, and the trap the examiners use.
  • Calculation questions use the constants on the NESA data sheet (g = 9.8 m s⁻², e = 1.602 × 10⁻¹⁹ C, h = 6.626 × 10⁻³⁴ J s, c = 3.0 × 10⁸ m s⁻¹).
  • Progress and best scores are saved in your browser only.

Syllabus covered

These questions are written to the NESA Physics Stage 6 Syllabus (2017), which is the syllabus examined in the HSC up to and including 2027.

NESA's new Physics 11–12 Syllabus (2025) is taught to Year 11 from Term 1 2027 and to Year 12 from Term 4 2027, and is first examined in the 2028 HSC. Practice for the new syllabus will be added as a separate set from 2027, or when applicable, in line with NESA's implementation timeline. The current set will stay available for students sitting the 2026 and 2027 examinations.

Independence

PrepToExcel is not affiliated with or endorsed by the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA). All questions, explanations and diagrams are original work written for this site. None are copied from HSC examination papers, which are Crown copyright.