OCR A Level History A Y113/01 Britain 1930–1997 Combined Question
Paper and Mark Scheme
Oxford Cambridge and RSA
A Level History A
Y113/01 Britain 1930–1997
Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
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 Question 1 in Section A. Answer either Question 2 or Question 3 in Section B.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 50.
• 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.
, 2
Section A
Churchill 1930–1951
Study the four sources and answer Question 1.
1 ‘Churchill was out of touch with British opinion on India in the 1930s.’
Use these four sources in their historical context to assess how far they support this view. [30]
Source A: A letter to Churchill from a member of the Indian Empire Society.
Dear Mr Churchill,
Your kind letter about the Albert Hall Meeting has been sent to all members of the Committee of the
Indian Empire society.
A Colonel Mansin writes to enquire if you would be so kind to speak at Bedford. His project has the
support of the Mayor and they propose that Lord Ampthill should take the chair.
Will you permit me to congratulate you on the marked effect of your Manchester and Toxteth
speeches?
It only shows that a Statesman of sincere patriotism can still have some influence on the country’s
policy.
With all good wishes for the success of your patriotic efforts.
Yours very truly,
W. Ameer Ali
Indian Civil Service, Retired
W. Ameer Ali, letter to Churchill, 9 February, 1931
Source B: The former Chairman of the Conservative Party comments on support for Churchill
within the Conservative Party.
Winston’s game, of course, has been obvious, as it always is. He is not the son of Randolph for
nothing. How Stanley [Baldwin] must have chuckled when the door opened and the India Committee
came in. There he saw the same faces that time and again during the last Parliament had come to
beg him to get rid of Winston from the Government and who have recently been acclaiming him as
the heaven‑born leader of the Party – on, of course, only one subject, namely India.
J.C.C. Davidson, letter to Lord Irwin, 6 March, 1931
© OCR 2025 Y113/01 Jun25
Paper and Mark Scheme
Oxford Cambridge and RSA
A Level History A
Y113/01 Britain 1930–1997
Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
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 Question 1 in Section A. Answer either Question 2 or Question 3 in Section B.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 50.
• 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.
, 2
Section A
Churchill 1930–1951
Study the four sources and answer Question 1.
1 ‘Churchill was out of touch with British opinion on India in the 1930s.’
Use these four sources in their historical context to assess how far they support this view. [30]
Source A: A letter to Churchill from a member of the Indian Empire Society.
Dear Mr Churchill,
Your kind letter about the Albert Hall Meeting has been sent to all members of the Committee of the
Indian Empire society.
A Colonel Mansin writes to enquire if you would be so kind to speak at Bedford. His project has the
support of the Mayor and they propose that Lord Ampthill should take the chair.
Will you permit me to congratulate you on the marked effect of your Manchester and Toxteth
speeches?
It only shows that a Statesman of sincere patriotism can still have some influence on the country’s
policy.
With all good wishes for the success of your patriotic efforts.
Yours very truly,
W. Ameer Ali
Indian Civil Service, Retired
W. Ameer Ali, letter to Churchill, 9 February, 1931
Source B: The former Chairman of the Conservative Party comments on support for Churchill
within the Conservative Party.
Winston’s game, of course, has been obvious, as it always is. He is not the son of Randolph for
nothing. How Stanley [Baldwin] must have chuckled when the door opened and the India Committee
came in. There he saw the same faces that time and again during the last Parliament had come to
beg him to get rid of Winston from the Government and who have recently been acclaiming him as
the heaven‑born leader of the Party – on, of course, only one subject, namely India.
J.C.C. Davidson, letter to Lord Irwin, 6 March, 1931
© OCR 2025 Y113/01 Jun25
