Oxford Cambridge and RSA - 2025
Friday 23 May 2025 – Morning
A Level History A
Y302/01 The Viking Age c.790–1066
Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
(Verified Question Paper With Mark
Scheme Combined June 2025)
,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.
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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 origins and
growth of Viking Dublin. [30]
Passage A
© Howard Clarke; Sheila Dooley; Ruth Johnson, Dublin and the Viking World, pp. 55, 58-59, 97-98, 101, The O'Brien Press, 2018. From first line "In the course of time, during the tenth and eleventh centuries" to last line "Until the middle of the tenth century the
wealth of Viking Dublin was based on o
Passage B
© Neil Price, The Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings, pp. 412-414, Penguin, 2020. From first line "The longphort at Dublin was set up in 841." to last line "in addition to raids across the sea to England." Item removed due
to third party copyright restrictions.
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Section B
Answer any two questions.
2* ‘Throughout the period from c.790 to 1066, the payment of Danegeld was the
most effective response to Viking raids on England.’
How far do you agree? [25]
3* ‘Throughout the period from c.790 to 1066, farming made the most important
contribution to Viking livelihood in Scandinavia.’
How far do you agree? [25]
4* ‘Religion, more than anything else, defined Viking culture throughout the period from
c.790 to 1066.’ How far do you agree? [25]
END OF QUESTION PAPER
© OCR Y302/01
2025 Jun25
Friday 23 May 2025 – Morning
A Level History A
Y302/01 The Viking Age c.790–1066
Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
(Verified Question Paper With Mark
Scheme Combined June 2025)
,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
OCR is an exempt
[H/506/4289] DC (WW)
Charity Turn over
355107/1
, 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 origins and
growth of Viking Dublin. [30]
Passage A
© Howard Clarke; Sheila Dooley; Ruth Johnson, Dublin and the Viking World, pp. 55, 58-59, 97-98, 101, The O'Brien Press, 2018. From first line "In the course of time, during the tenth and eleventh centuries" to last line "Until the middle of the tenth century the
wealth of Viking Dublin was based on o
Passage B
© Neil Price, The Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings, pp. 412-414, Penguin, 2020. From first line "The longphort at Dublin was set up in 841." to last line "in addition to raids across the sea to England." Item removed due
to third party copyright restrictions.
© OCR Y302/01
2025 Jun25
, 3
Section B
Answer any two questions.
2* ‘Throughout the period from c.790 to 1066, the payment of Danegeld was the
most effective response to Viking raids on England.’
How far do you agree? [25]
3* ‘Throughout the period from c.790 to 1066, farming made the most important
contribution to Viking livelihood in Scandinavia.’
How far do you agree? [25]
4* ‘Religion, more than anything else, defined Viking culture throughout the period from
c.790 to 1066.’ How far do you agree? [25]
END OF QUESTION PAPER
© OCR Y302/01
2025 Jun25
