Cambridge A Level Urdu - Language (AS Level only) 8686 — 2025 May/June Paper 2 · Variant 0

8686/20/M/J/25 · 70 marks · ≈79 min

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Question paper, page 1

This document has 12 pages. Any blank pages are indicated. [Turn over NL 352961 © UCLES 2025 * 2 7 2 1 1 8 8 4 0 9 * Cambridge International AS Level URDU LANGUAGE 8686/02 Paper 2 Reading and Writing May/June 2025 1 hour 45 minutes You must answer on the question paper. You will need: Insert (enclosed) INSTRUCTIONS ● Answer all the questions in Urdu. ● Use a black or dark blue pen. Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid. ● Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page. ● Write your answer to each question in the space provided. ● Do not write on any bar codes. ● Dictionaries are not allowed. INFORMATION ● The total mark for this paper is 70. ● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ]. ● The insert contains the reading passages. ● ● ● ● ● ● 70 ● ● ● , , * 0000800000001 * ¬Wz> 4mHuOªEŠ_{6€W ¬¡/y\¦Ž§itL<Ž};¢‚ ¥euUu•euu¥5 E•e••U

Question paper, page 2

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3 8686/02/M/J/25 © UCLES 2025 [Turn over [1] … [1] … [1] … [1] … [1] … [5 :­] · ŗ Ŗت )a( Ř řÉ Ś )b( ś Ŝŝ Şş )c( Ř řšاŠ آ )d( Ţ ½ ţ ťŤی )e( ŧ Ŧل Ť ¶۔1 ÕرÔ ذÓ ũوں ½ Ũ Ë اÒظ Ãرت Ãرت 2 * 0000800000003 * , , ŕĀģçʼnÝĖñĞøœîijćĤáħĀ ŕŊ×ĢúőĿĚĐijĤŋāĹŒĬŃī ŎĞľľĞľĮĞþþÞîîÞĎľĎþ DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN

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4 8686/02/M/J/25 © UCLES 2025 … … … … [3] … … … … … [3] … … … … … [3] … »Ū ¶۔ū Űů Ůڈ ŧ ŭ Ŭاد Ř؟ )a( »Ū ¶۔ū Űů Ůڈ ŵŴں · اų Ųل űں Ř؟ )b( Ñ ¶۔ اÑ ¶۔ ا· اÑ اÒظ· Źم ¼ا»ت Ÿں ŷ Ŷ É اÑ اÒظ ۔ ŧ Ž دż Ż ¾ا³ت ½ ¼ا»ت اردو اردو · دź۔1 Ãرت Ãرت 3 ¼ا»ت Ãرت ŧ Ƃ Ɓ ƀ ſ Ťž۔ ¼ا»ت Ãرت ŧ Ƃ Ɓ ƀ ſ Ťž۔ ƅرƄ ŷ دż È ƃ ś۔5 ƆƇ ƈ ½ ƍ ¾ال ½ ƌ دż Ż ƅرƄ Ƌ Ż ś۔ اس ½ Ɗوہ ز»ن ½ Ɖر 20 = 5 + 15 :­ »Ū ¶۔ū Ƙ ¹ Ɨر Ɩ Éƕ şťں ½ ƔƓ · Űů Ůڈ ƅƒƑت ½ ƈ űں زƐدہ ƏزƎر Ř؟ )c( * 0000800000004 * , , ŕþģçʼnÝĖñĞøœîijĉĢáĩĀ ŕŊ×ĥúŇőġýıĝŒğÝôļŋī ŎîîľÞľĮþÞĞîîĮÞĮľÞþ DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN

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5 8686/02/M/J/25 © UCLES 2025 [Turn over … … … … [3] … … … … … [3] … [20 :­] »Ū ¶۔ū Űů Ůڈ ŧ Ɯ  ƛ Űƚہ ƙ Ř؟ )d( »Ū ¶۔ū Űů Ůڈ ŧ ơƠوں ½ ƈ ŭ آƏƟں ƞا ÉƝ ś؟ )e( * 0000800000005 * , , ŕĀģçʼnÝĖñĞøœîijĉĤáĩĀ ŕŊÖĤĂŕŕıĎěĦĉċõĸļĻī ŎîÞþĞĞŎÞĎĮľîĮþŎþĎþ DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN

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6 8686/02/M/J/25 © UCLES 2025 … … … … [3] … … … … … [3] … »Ū ¶۔ū Űů Ůڈ وزن · ƥ ½ ƈ Ƥ ƣƢ űں Ř؟ )b( »Ū ¶۔ū Űů Ůڈ Ƨ ½ ƈ űں Ʀن دہ Ř؟ )a( 2 µ µ ½ ¼ا»ت اº ¹¸ · ¶۔5 اور4  ÁÀ ¿ ¾ا³ت ¾ا³ت2 اب Æ Åت · دی Ä Ãرت Ãرت ÑاÑ اÒظ · ¶۔ اÑ ŧ Ž دż Ż ¾ا³ت ½ ¼ا»ت اردو اردو · دź۔ Źم ¼ا»ت Ÿں ŷ Ŷ É اÑ اÒظ · ¶۔ ا2 Ãرت Ãرت 4 ¼ا»ت Ãرت ŧ Ƃ Ɓ ƀ ſ Ťž۔ ¼ا»ت Ãرت ŧ Ƃ Ɓ ƀ ſ Ťž۔ ƅرƄ ŷ دż È ƃ ś۔5 ƆƇ ƈ ½ ƍ ¾ال ½ ƌ دż Ż ƅرƄ Ƌ Ż ś۔ اس ½ Ɗوہ ز»ن ½ Ɖر 20 = 5 + 15 :­ * 0000800000006 * , , ŕĂģçʼnÝĖñĞøœîijĆĤÞħĀ ŕŊ×ĤÿŋĭħĆĞęþëÝėäŋī ŎľľþĞþŎľŎŎÞîîþîľĞþ DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN

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7 8686/02/M/J/25 © UCLES 2025 [Turn over … … … … [3] … … … … … [3] … … … … … [3] … [20 :­] »Ū ¶۔ū Ƙ ¹ şŞ ŝŞ űں Űƚہ Õ Ř؟ )c( »Ū ¶۔ū ڈاƫ ƪ Ʃ Űů Ůڈ ½ »رے · űں ƨÕ ś؟ )d( »Ū ¶۔ū Űů Ůڈ دƅغ ¹ Ƅ Ïح اƭ اƬاز Éř Ř؟ )e( * 0000800000007 * , , ŕĄģçʼnÝĖñĞøœîijĆĢÞħĀ ŕŊÖĥ÷őĩėąĬĪĽĿõēäĻī ŎľŎľÞÞĮĞĞľŎîîÞĎþŎþ DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN

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8 8686/02/M/J/25 © UCLES 2025 [10] [5] … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … دوťں ÃرƮں · دż Ż Űů Ůڈ ½ Űƚے اور ƦŞت ¶۔ )a( Űů Ůڈ ½ »رے · اƱ راƕ ư و²Ư Í۔ )b( اردو اردو · ¶۔Ʋ Ʋ ¹ اÒظ اÒظ140 ¹ Ƶƴ Ƴر¹ ¾ال ½ دوťں ƶں ½ ¼ا»ت Ƶƴ Ƴر 5 ƅرƄ ŷ دż È ƃ ś۔5 ƆƇ ƈ ½ ƍ ¾ال ½ ƌ دż Ż ƅرƄ Ƌ Ż ś۔ اس ½ Ɗوہ ز»ن ½ Ɖر ƍ ¾ال 20 = 5 + 15 :­ * 0000800000008 * ,  , ŕĂģçʼnÝĖñĞøœîijĈĤÞĩĀ ŕŊÖĢ÷ŇėĤĈĦijńáőĵĔœī ŎĎÞľĞÞĮþľÞľîĮÞĮþĞþ DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN

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What you needed in this session

Cambridge’s own grade thresholds for 2025 May/June, Paper 2 · Variant 0. A higher threshold means an easier paper — the bar moves with how the cohort did.

A56/70
B49/70
C43/70
D37/70
E31/70