OCR A Level History A Y314/01 The Challenge of German Nationalism 1789–1919 May 2025
Combined QUESTION PAPER and MARK SCHEME
Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Friday 23 May 2025 – Morning
A Level History A
Y314/01 The Challenge of German Nationalism 1789–1919
Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
*14 09 182 8 86 *
You must have:
• the OCR 12‑page Answer Booklet
INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the Answer Booklet. The question numbers must
be clearly shown.
• Fill in the boxes on the front of the Answer Booklet.
• Answer the question in Section A and any two questions in Section B.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• Quality of extended response will be assessed in questions marked with an asterisk (*).
• This document has 4 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
,© OCR 2025 [A/506/4301] OCR is an exempt Charity
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Section A
Read the two passages and answer Question 1.
1 Evaluate the interpretations in both of the two passages.
Explain which you think is more convincing as an explanation of the responsibility of the Kaiser
and his government for the First World War. [30]
Passage A
© Ian Porter; Ian D. Armour, Imperial Germany 1890 - 1918, p49 and 52, Routledge, 1991. From first line "The German government’s intentions in July 1914 seem plain." to last line "it did so not pessimistically but in a mood of belligerent optimism." Item removed due to third party copyright restrictions.
Passage B
© AJP Taylor, The Course of German History, p192-3 and 195-6, Routledge, 1945. From first line "All the agencies of Bismarck’s Reich," to last line "so that the boundaries of Greater Germany would extend eastwards as far as the Middle East." Item removed due to third party copyright restrictions.
© OCR 2025 Y314/01 Jun25
Combined QUESTION PAPER and MARK SCHEME
Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Friday 23 May 2025 – Morning
A Level History A
Y314/01 The Challenge of German Nationalism 1789–1919
Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
*14 09 182 8 86 *
You must have:
• the OCR 12‑page Answer Booklet
INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the Answer Booklet. The question numbers must
be clearly shown.
• Fill in the boxes on the front of the Answer Booklet.
• Answer the question in Section A and any two questions in Section B.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• Quality of extended response will be assessed in questions marked with an asterisk (*).
• This document has 4 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
,© OCR 2025 [A/506/4301] OCR is an exempt Charity
DC (WW) 355156/1 Turn over
, 2
Section A
Read the two passages and answer Question 1.
1 Evaluate the interpretations in both of the two passages.
Explain which you think is more convincing as an explanation of the responsibility of the Kaiser
and his government for the First World War. [30]
Passage A
© Ian Porter; Ian D. Armour, Imperial Germany 1890 - 1918, p49 and 52, Routledge, 1991. From first line "The German government’s intentions in July 1914 seem plain." to last line "it did so not pessimistically but in a mood of belligerent optimism." Item removed due to third party copyright restrictions.
Passage B
© AJP Taylor, The Course of German History, p192-3 and 195-6, Routledge, 1945. From first line "All the agencies of Bismarck’s Reich," to last line "so that the boundaries of Greater Germany would extend eastwards as far as the Middle East." Item removed due to third party copyright restrictions.
© OCR 2025 Y314/01 Jun25
