2025 AQA A-LEVEL HISTORY Component 1G Challenge and
Transformation: Britain, c1851–1964 Question Paper & Mark
Scheme (Merged) Friday 23 May 2025 [VERIFIED]
A-level
HISTORY
Component 1G Challenge and transformation: Britain, c1851–1964
Friday 23 May 2025 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
Materials
For this paper you must have:
an AQA 16-page answer book.
Instructions
Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is
7042/1G.
Answer three questions.
In Section A answer Question 01.
In Section B answer two questions.
Information
The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
The maximum mark for this paper is 80.
You will be marked on your ability to:
– use good English
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
Advice
You are advised to spend about:
– 1 hour on Question 01 from Section A
– 45 minutes on each of the two questions answered from Section B.
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Section A
Answer Question 01.
Extract A
Extract A not reproduced here due to third-party copyright restrictions.
The extract is adapted from pages 203, 204, 207 and 219 of Ireland Since the Famine
by F. S. L. Lyons, printed by Fontana Press in 1973, ISBN 9780006860051.
Adapted from FSL Lyons, Ireland Since The Famine, 1973
Extract B
Extract B not reproduced here due to third-party copyright restrictions.
The extract is adapted from pages 165 – 168 and 354 of A History of Ireland by Mike
Cronin, printed by Palgrave in 2001, ISBN 0-333-65433-1.
Adapted from M Cronin, A History of Ireland, 2001
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Extract C
Opposition to Home Rule in Ulster was based on a variety of reasons. In the latter years
of the 19th century, economic reasons came to the fore. Although Ulster accounted for
only 26% of the land mass of Ireland, most of Ireland’s industries were concentrated
there. By 1911, 50% of all industrial jobs in Ireland were located in Ulster, while one in
five was in Belfast. Industrial expansion was matched by growing civic pride and this 5
was rewarded when Belfast was awarded city status in 1888. Belfast became the focal
point for unionist agitation. Serious and deadly rioting occurred there in 1886 and 1893.
The supremacy of northern unionism was confirmed by the formation of the Ulster
Unionist Council in 1905. Its main support was from Belfast’s industrial workers. By
focusing only on issues to do with the north, a new, more limited version of unionism 10
emerged, which marked an important step in the demand for a separate Ulster.
Adapted from C Kinealy, A New History of Ireland, 2004
0 1 Using your understanding of the historical context, assess how convincing the
arguments in these three extracts are in relation to changes in Ireland in the years
1886 to 1912.
[30 marks]
Turn over for Section B
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Transformation: Britain, c1851–1964 Question Paper & Mark
Scheme (Merged) Friday 23 May 2025 [VERIFIED]
A-level
HISTORY
Component 1G Challenge and transformation: Britain, c1851–1964
Friday 23 May 2025 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
Materials
For this paper you must have:
an AQA 16-page answer book.
Instructions
Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is
7042/1G.
Answer three questions.
In Section A answer Question 01.
In Section B answer two questions.
Information
The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
The maximum mark for this paper is 80.
You will be marked on your ability to:
– use good English
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
Advice
You are advised to spend about:
– 1 hour on Question 01 from Section A
– 45 minutes on each of the two questions answered from Section B.
IB/M/Jun25/G4001/E7 7042/1G
, 2
Section A
Answer Question 01.
Extract A
Extract A not reproduced here due to third-party copyright restrictions.
The extract is adapted from pages 203, 204, 207 and 219 of Ireland Since the Famine
by F. S. L. Lyons, printed by Fontana Press in 1973, ISBN 9780006860051.
Adapted from FSL Lyons, Ireland Since The Famine, 1973
Extract B
Extract B not reproduced here due to third-party copyright restrictions.
The extract is adapted from pages 165 – 168 and 354 of A History of Ireland by Mike
Cronin, printed by Palgrave in 2001, ISBN 0-333-65433-1.
Adapted from M Cronin, A History of Ireland, 2001
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Extract C
Opposition to Home Rule in Ulster was based on a variety of reasons. In the latter years
of the 19th century, economic reasons came to the fore. Although Ulster accounted for
only 26% of the land mass of Ireland, most of Ireland’s industries were concentrated
there. By 1911, 50% of all industrial jobs in Ireland were located in Ulster, while one in
five was in Belfast. Industrial expansion was matched by growing civic pride and this 5
was rewarded when Belfast was awarded city status in 1888. Belfast became the focal
point for unionist agitation. Serious and deadly rioting occurred there in 1886 and 1893.
The supremacy of northern unionism was confirmed by the formation of the Ulster
Unionist Council in 1905. Its main support was from Belfast’s industrial workers. By
focusing only on issues to do with the north, a new, more limited version of unionism 10
emerged, which marked an important step in the demand for a separate Ulster.
Adapted from C Kinealy, A New History of Ireland, 2004
0 1 Using your understanding of the historical context, assess how convincing the
arguments in these three extracts are in relation to changes in Ireland in the years
1886 to 1912.
[30 marks]
Turn over for Section B
IB/M/Jun25/7042/1G Turn over ►
