GCSE
HISTORY ACTUAL 2025 PAPER MERGED
WITH MARK SCHEME
Paper 2 Section B/C: Elizabethan England, c1568–1603
Please write clearly in block capitals.
Candidate number
Centre number
Surname
Forename(s)
Candidate signature
I declare this is my own work.
GCSE
HISTORY
Paper 2 Section B/C: Elizabethan England, c1568–1603
Thursday 5 June 2025 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours
Materials For Examiner’s Use
For this paper you must ensure you have: Question Mark
• An Interpretations Booklet (enclosed).
• The other optional Question Paper/Answer Book and Sources Booklet for the 01
Paper 2 Section A topic you are entered for. You will have 2 hours to complete
02
both papers.
03
Instructions
• 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.
, 2
Do not
write
outside the
box
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 40.
• 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.
*jun2581452BC01* 8145/2B/C
IB/M/Jun25/G4007/V3
Answer all four questions.
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, 3
Do not
write
outside the
box
Study Interpretation A in the Interpretations Booklet.
0 1 How convincing is Interpretation A about poverty in Elizabethan England?
Explain your answer based on your contextual knowledge and what it says in
Interpretation A.
[8 marks]
Turn over ►
8
IB/M/Jun25/8145/2B/C
, 4
Do not
write
outside the
box
*02*
IB/M/Jun25/8145/2B/C
HISTORY ACTUAL 2025 PAPER MERGED
WITH MARK SCHEME
Paper 2 Section B/C: Elizabethan England, c1568–1603
Please write clearly in block capitals.
Candidate number
Centre number
Surname
Forename(s)
Candidate signature
I declare this is my own work.
GCSE
HISTORY
Paper 2 Section B/C: Elizabethan England, c1568–1603
Thursday 5 June 2025 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours
Materials For Examiner’s Use
For this paper you must ensure you have: Question Mark
• An Interpretations Booklet (enclosed).
• The other optional Question Paper/Answer Book and Sources Booklet for the 01
Paper 2 Section A topic you are entered for. You will have 2 hours to complete
02
both papers.
03
Instructions
• 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.
, 2
Do not
write
outside the
box
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 40.
• 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.
*jun2581452BC01* 8145/2B/C
IB/M/Jun25/G4007/V3
Answer all four questions.
IB/M/Jun25/8145/2B/C
, 3
Do not
write
outside the
box
Study Interpretation A in the Interpretations Booklet.
0 1 How convincing is Interpretation A about poverty in Elizabethan England?
Explain your answer based on your contextual knowledge and what it says in
Interpretation A.
[8 marks]
Turn over ►
8
IB/M/Jun25/8145/2B/C
, 4
Do not
write
outside the
box
*02*
IB/M/Jun25/8145/2B/C
