2025 AQA AS HISTORY 7041/2P The Transformation of China, 1936–1997
Component 2P The emergence of the People’s Republic of China, 1936–1962
Question paper and Marking scheme Merged
AS
HISTORY
The Transformation of China, 1936–1997
Component 2P The emergence of the People’s Republic of China, 1936–1962
Monday 19 May 2025 Afternoon Time allowed: 1 hour 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
7041/2P.
• Answer two questions.
In Section A answer Question 01.
In Section B answer either Question 02 or Question 03.
Information
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 50.
• 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:
– 50 minutes on Section A
– 40 minutes on Section B.
, 2
Section A
Answer Question 01.
Source A
From ‘The Revolution of Marriage’, a propaganda pamphlet published by the CCP in 1952.
Such pamphlets were circulated to the Chinese peasantry explaining the benefits of the
1950 Marriage Law.
Source A cannot be reproduced here due to third-party copyright restrictions
Source A argues that women’s lives improved because of the Marriage Law.
Source B
From the account of an anonymous caller during a phone-in show on a Chinese state
radio programme, 1989.
Source B cannot be reproduced here due to third-party copyright restrictions
Source B argues the false hope created by the new policies made things worse for
women.
0 1 With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, which
of these two sources is more valuable in explaining the impact of the CCP’s
Marriage Law on women’s lives during the early 1950s?
[25 marks]
IB/M/Jun25/7041/2P
Component 2P The emergence of the People’s Republic of China, 1936–1962
Question paper and Marking scheme Merged
AS
HISTORY
The Transformation of China, 1936–1997
Component 2P The emergence of the People’s Republic of China, 1936–1962
Monday 19 May 2025 Afternoon Time allowed: 1 hour 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
7041/2P.
• Answer two questions.
In Section A answer Question 01.
In Section B answer either Question 02 or Question 03.
Information
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 50.
• 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:
– 50 minutes on Section A
– 40 minutes on Section B.
, 2
Section A
Answer Question 01.
Source A
From ‘The Revolution of Marriage’, a propaganda pamphlet published by the CCP in 1952.
Such pamphlets were circulated to the Chinese peasantry explaining the benefits of the
1950 Marriage Law.
Source A cannot be reproduced here due to third-party copyright restrictions
Source A argues that women’s lives improved because of the Marriage Law.
Source B
From the account of an anonymous caller during a phone-in show on a Chinese state
radio programme, 1989.
Source B cannot be reproduced here due to third-party copyright restrictions
Source B argues the false hope created by the new policies made things worse for
women.
0 1 With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, which
of these two sources is more valuable in explaining the impact of the CCP’s
Marriage Law on women’s lives during the early 1950s?
[25 marks]
IB/M/Jun25/7041/2P
