2025 AQA GCSE HISTORY Paper 2 Section A/A Britain: Health and the People,
c1000 to the Present Day Question Paper & Mark Scheme (Merged) June 2025
Please write clearly in block capitals. [VERIFIED]
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GCSE
HISTORY
Paper 2 Section A/A: Britain: Health and the people:
c1000 to the present day
Thursday 5 June 2025 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours
Materials
For this paper you must ensure you have: For Examiner’s Use
A Sources Booklet (enclosed). Question Mark
The other optional Question Paper/Answer Book and Interpretations Booklet for the
Paper 2 Section B topic you are entered for. 01
You will have 2 hours to complete both papers. 02
Instructions 03
Use black ink or black ball-point pen. 04
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
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.
Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages.
If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of this book. Write the
question number against your answer(s).
Information
The maximum mark for this paper is 44.
The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
Extended writing is tested in Question 04.
Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) will be assessed in Question 04. The marks for SPaG are shown below
the mark allocation for 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 importance of penicillin?
Explain your answer using Source A and your contextual knowledge.
[8 marks]
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c1000 to the Present Day Question Paper & Mark Scheme (Merged) June 2025
Please write clearly in block capitals. [VERIFIED]
Centre number Candidate number
Surname
Forename(s)
Candidate signature
I declare this is my own work.
GCSE
HISTORY
Paper 2 Section A/A: Britain: Health and the people:
c1000 to the present day
Thursday 5 June 2025 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours
Materials
For this paper you must ensure you have: For Examiner’s Use
A Sources Booklet (enclosed). Question Mark
The other optional Question Paper/Answer Book and Interpretations Booklet for the
Paper 2 Section B topic you are entered for. 01
You will have 2 hours to complete both papers. 02
Instructions 03
Use black ink or black ball-point pen. 04
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
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.
Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages.
If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of this book. Write the
question number against your answer(s).
Information
The maximum mark for this paper is 44.
The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
Extended writing is tested in Question 04.
Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) will be assessed in Question 04. The marks for SPaG are shown below
the mark allocation for 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.
8145/2A/A
IB/M/Jun25/G4007/V3
, 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 importance of penicillin?
Explain your answer using Source A and your contextual knowledge.
[8 marks]
IB/M/Jun25/8145/2A/A
, 3
Do not write
outside the
box
Extra space
8
IB/M/Jun25/8145/2A/A
, 4
Do not write
outside the
Turn over ►
IB/M/Jun25/8145/2A/A
