Paper 2 in IB Physics HL is topical by design: each long question spans one main theme (e.g., gravitational fields + orbital motion). Practicing with a topic bank that includes full Paper-2-style extended problems (8–12 marks) trains the stamina and structured writing needed.
Before RV dominated, this was the go-to. It is essentially a user-friendly wrapper around past IB papers, categorized by topic. ib physics hl question bank by topic top
When a student studies Topic 11 (Electromagnetic induction) , a well-organized bank presents only Faraday’s law, Lenz’s law, and AC generators. Irrelevant questions (e.g., on diffraction gratings) are suppressed. This focuses working memory. Paper 2 in IB Physics HL is topical