2025 AQA GCSE HISTORY Paper 2 Section A/B Britain: Power
and the People, c1170 to the Present Day Question Paper &
Mark Scheme (Merged) June 2025 [VERIFIED]
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GCSE
HISTORY
Paper 2 Section A/B: Britain: Power and the people:
c1170 to the present day
Thursday 5 June 2025 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours
Materials For Examiner’s Use
For this paper you must ensure you have:
Question Mark
A Sources Booklet (enclosed).
The other optional Question Paper/Answer Book and Interpretations Booklet
01
02
Instructions
Use black ink or black ball-point pen. 03
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. 04
Answer all four questions.
TOTAL
Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked.
You must answer the questions in the spaces provided.
Information
The maximum mark for this paper is 44.
The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
Extended writing is tested in Question 04.
Advice
You are advised to spend about 1 hour on Paper 2 Section A and about 1 hour on Paper 2 Section B.
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Answer all four questions. box
Study Source A in the Sources Booklet.
0 1 How useful is Source A to an historian studying the English Civil War?
Explain your answer using Source A and your contextual knowledge.
[8 marks]
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and the People, c1170 to the Present Day Question Paper &
Mark Scheme (Merged) June 2025 [VERIFIED]
Please write clearly in block capitals.
Centre number Candidate number
Surname
Forename(s)
Candidate signature
I declare this is my own work.
GCSE
HISTORY
Paper 2 Section A/B: Britain: Power and the people:
c1170 to the present day
Thursday 5 June 2025 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours
Materials For Examiner’s Use
For this paper you must ensure you have:
Question Mark
A Sources Booklet (enclosed).
The other optional Question Paper/Answer Book and Interpretations Booklet
01
02
Instructions
Use black ink or black ball-point pen. 03
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. 04
Answer all four questions.
TOTAL
Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked.
You must answer the questions in the spaces provided.
Information
The maximum mark for this paper is 44.
The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
Extended writing is tested in Question 04.
Advice
You are advised to spend about 1 hour on Paper 2 Section A and about 1 hour on Paper 2 Section B.
IB/M/Jun25/G4007/V4
8145/2A/B
, 2
Do not write
outside the
Answer all four questions. box
Study Source A in the Sources Booklet.
0 1 How useful is Source A to an historian studying the English Civil War?
Explain your answer using Source A and your contextual knowledge.
[8 marks]
IB/M/Jun25/8145/2A/B
,3
Do not write
outside the
IB/M/Jun25/8145/2A/B
, 4
Do not write
outside the
box
Extra space
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