IB Business Management SL · 2024 to 2025

1.5 Growth and evolution

22 past paper questions from 16 papers across 6 exam sessions. See what repeats, then practise the same skills with AI marking.

Starter set across the most-tested skills, with AI marking and model answers.

Generate a custom set

SL archive · 2024 to 2026

1.5 Growth and evolution

Latest exam session: May 2026

questions
questions
papers
papers
exam sessions
exam sessions
By year3micro-topics

Micro-topics in 1.5 Growth and evolution

In syllabus order. The ring is the share of papers each appears in. 1 of them has no matching questions in this archive.

  • 15

    1.5.1

    Internal and external growth

    4 questions · in 15% of papers

    Regular

    last May 26 P2 TZ1

  • 38

    1.5.2

    Mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and alliances

    12 questions · in 38% of papers

    Frequently tested

    last May 26 P1 TZ3

  • 19

    1.5.3

    Economies and diseconomies of scale

    6 questions · in 19% of papers

    Rising

    last May 26 P2 TZ2

  • 0

    1.5.4

    Franchises

    No question tagged to this topic in the 26 Business SL papers analysed

    No matches in this archiveRevise it

Exam pattern

How often each micro-topic has been examined, year by year. Each label is explained under the grid.

Does it repeat?

Questions per year for each micro-topic, including those with no matches in this archive.

fewermore

Micro-topic202420252026
1.5.2Mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and alliancesFrequently tested
3Mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and alliances, 2024: 3 questions5Mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and alliances, 2025: 5 questions4Mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and alliances, 2026: 4 questions
1.5.3Economies and diseconomies of scaleRising · last May 26 P2 TZ2
1Economies and diseconomies of scale, 2024: 1 question2Economies and diseconomies of scale, 2025: 2 questions3Economies and diseconomies of scale, 2026: 3 questions
1.5.1Internal and external growthRegular
·Internal and external growth, 2024: 0 questions3Internal and external growth, 2025: 3 questions1Internal and external growth, 2026: 1 question
1.5.4FranchisesNo matches in this archive
·Franchises, 2024: 0 questions·Franchises, 2025: 0 questions·Franchises, 2026: 0 questions
  • Frequently testedin at least a quarter of all papers, and still appearing in the last two years
  • Risingappearing more often in the last two years than before
  • Regularin roughly one paper in six or more
  • No matches in this archiveon the syllabus, but has no question tagged to it in this archive. This does not mean it has never been examined

Past paper generator

Generate Business SL past paper questions

Choose what to revise and build a set in one click. Every question stays whole, so multi-part questions come as they appeared in the exam.

  1. 1Pick any unit, topic or micro-topic
  2. 2Generate whole exam questions from the archive
  3. 3Practise the same skills with AI marking
Loading the generator

Questions on 1.5 Growth and evolution, by exam session

Which papers asked about 1.5 Growth and evolution, and which question numbers. Open a paper to see them highlighted.

Past Paper Generator · Pro

Every 1.5 Growth and evolution question, unlocked

Generate all 22 questions in this topic at once, practise every one with AI marking, and see how each mark is awarded.

  • Every past-paper question in any unit, topic or micro-topic
  • Generate sets of 20 or all questions, as often as you like
  • Unlimited practice with AI marking and worked answers
  • See how every mark is awarded for each question
  • Predicted papers and crash courses built from the same data
Unlock all Business SL past paper questions

Used by IB students preparing for Nov 2026, May 2027 and May 2028

From €8.29/mo. 14-day money-back guarantee. Cancel anytime.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers about this page.

Which Business SL exam sessions are covered for 1.5 Growth and evolution?

6 exam sessions from 2024 to 2026, the latest May 2026. Every Paper 1 and 2 in every timezone is read and classified in full, which gives 16 papers in this archive.

Which 1.5 Growth and evolution topic comes up most?

Mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and alliances (1.5.2): in 39% of papers, last seen May 26 P1 TZ3. Usually "Discuss", worth about 10.8 marks in a paper that includes it.

Can I see the original question and mark scheme?

No. The wording belongs to the IB. You get the citation, the marks, the command term and the skill tested, plus our own matched practice questions with worked answers and AI marking.

What do "banker", "due" and "rising" mean?

Banker: examined in at least one sitting in four and still appearing. Due: regular before, but absent for the last two exam sessions. Rising: clearly more common in the last two years. Our classification of real papers, not an IB statistic.

What is free and what needs Pro?

Reading this page and the exam pattern is free. A free account generates three sets of ten questions and launches one practice set. Pro opens every question in any scope, sets of twenty or all, and unlimited practice.

Keep going

More Business SL exam preparation

  • Every question, by paper

    What each Business SL paper tests across all its sittings: the marks by unit and the micro-topics it keeps coming back to.

    Open the paper analysis

  • Predicted questions

    The question types most likely in the next Business SL sitting, built from this same archive.

    See the predictions

  • Mock exams

    Full Business SL papers under timed conditions, marked by AI against IB criteria.

    Sit a mock

  • All IB past papers

    Every subject we have classified by topic, with the same exam-pattern analysis.

    Browse subjects

Practise 1.5 Growth and evolution the way it is examined.

Pick any unit, topic or micro-topic, see what repeats, then practise the same skills with AI marking.

Generate a setAll IB past papers