IJSO Previous Year Question Papers with Solutions: The International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO) is an annual individual and team competition in the Natural Sciences for students who are under sixteen years old on December 31 of the competition year. Candidates can check IJSO previous year question papers with solutions below. The question papers of previous years help the students prepare for the upcoming exam and also get familiar with the difficulty level and type of questions that are asked in IJSO. The students can check IJSO Previous Year Question Papers with Solutions from below.
IJSO Previous Year Question Papers with Solutions
The links for the IJSO Previous Year Question Papers with Solutions are provided below. Candidates can check for the same and download the same.
IJSO LAB Previous Year Question Paper
- IJSO 2018 LAB Question Paper, Answer Sheet and Solutions
- IJSO 2017 LAB Question Paper, Answer Sheet and Solutions
- IJSO 2016 LAB Question Paper, Answer Sheet and Solutions
- IJSO 2015 LAB Question Paper, Answer Sheet and Solutions
- IJSO 2014 LAB Question Paper, Answer Sheet and Solutions
IJSO MCQ Previous Year Question Paper
- IJSO 2018 MCQ Question Paper, Answer Sheet and Solutions
- IJSO 2017 MCQ Question Paper, Answer Sheet and Solutions
- IJSO 2016 MCQ Question Paper, Answer Sheet and Solutions
- IJSO 2015 MCQ Question Paper, Answer Sheet and Solutions
- IJSO 2014 MCQ Question Paper, Answer Sheet and Solutions
IJSO Theory Previous Year Question Paper
- IJSO 2018 THEORY Question Paper, Answer Sheet and Solutions
- IJSO 2017 THEORY Question Paper, Answer Sheet and Solutions
- IJSO 2016 THEORY Question Paper, Answer Sheet and Solutions
- IJSO 2015 THEORY Question Paper, Answer Sheet and Solutions
- IJSO 2014 THEORY Question Paper, Answer Sheet and Solutions
IJSO Exam Pattern
The candidates can check the pattern of IJSO exam from below.
Number of papers: The competition is divided into 3 exam papers : MCQ, theory and practical, conducted over 3 different days.
Medium: The language of exams is English and each leader will make translation to their own languages. Thus, each country can choose either English or their own language.
Duration: The time allotted to each exam is normally 3-4 hours.
Number of questions: There are a total of 30 questions in the MCQ test with 10 questions from each of Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
Points for right answer: 1 point is awarded for each correct answer in MCQ test.
Unattempted questions: There are 0 points for questions not attempted in the MCQ test.
Negative marking: 0.25 points are deducted for each wrong answer in MCQ test.
Test-wise distribution of points
| Type of test | Maximum points |
| MCQ | 30 |
| Theoretical | 40 |
| Practical | 40 |
