Edexcel · 4EC1

Innovation

5questions
10marks
4series
2019–2025years

Innovation comes up in 5 questions across the Edexcel International GCSE past papers (4EC1), worth 10 marks between them. They run from 2019 to 2025 and appear on iGCSE Paper 1, iGCSE Paper 1R.

Tariffs run from 1 to 3 marks. The commonest instructions are Define (3), Describe (1), Explain (1). Specification points covered: 1.2.4.

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June 2025 2 questions

2 marksiGCSE · Paper 1

Q2(d) Give the meaning of innovation.

1.2.4InnovationDefineShort answer
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2 marksiGCSE · Paper 1R

Q2(d) Give the meaning of a patent.

1.2.4InnovationDefineShort answer
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June 2024 1 question

2 marksiGCSE · Paper 1R

Q2(e) Say why a monopoly might innovate more readily.

1.2.4InnovationDescribeShort answer
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June 2021 1 question

3 marksiGCSE · Paper 1

Q2(g) Give one reason a technology firm patents its designs.

1.2.4InnovationExplainShort answer
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June 2019 1 question

1 markiGCSE · Paper 1

Q2(d) Give the meaning of innovation.

1.2.4InnovationDefineShort answer
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