The PMR science exam consists of two papers:
Paper 1 (40 marks)
Paper 2 (60 marks)
Paper 1 (40 marks)
- 40 objective questions.
- One hour to complete the paper.
- Cover all 27 Science topics from Form One to Form Three.
- There will be at least one question from each topic.
- The questions are broken down into:
- 50% easy questions; that is about 20 questions.
- 30% moderate questions; that is about 12 questions.
- 20% difficult question; that is about eight questions.
Paper 2 (60 marks)
- Section A consists of six questions for 40 marks.
- Section B consists of two questions for 20 marks.
- Only questions from selected topics will be asked.
- Answers can be written all in English or all in Bahasa Melayu or a combination of both language [Please do not combine both languages in the same sentence!]
- You may answer part of the question in one language and the other part in the other language.
- The questions are broken down into:
- 50% easy questions; that is about 30 marks.
- 30% moderate questions; that is about 18 marks.
- 20% difficult questions; that is about 12 marks.
- The type of questions commonly asked in Paper 2 are:
- Labelling questions
- Classification
- Questions based on experiments
- Chemical tests
- Calculation
- Principles of science
- Drawing
- Structured questions
- General questions
