A past paper is an examination paper from a previous year or previous years, usually used either for exam practice or for tests such as University of Oxford, University of Cambridge College Collections.

Exam candidates find past papers valuable in test preparation. Some organizations responsible for holding exams have made past exam papers commercially available by either publishing the papers by themselves or licensing a publisher to do the same. For example, SAT papers in U.S. and GCSE and A level papers in UK are being sold, as well as other exams worldwide. Previous year question papers are to assess student’s brilliancy and capabilities.Students who are preparing for competition exams generally look for past papers. These question papers will help you to have an idea about the main exam. Students generally find these past papers as private websites reveal more information than the official websites.