AQA A-Level History Past Papers

About these AQA A-Level History papers

AQA A-Level History is specifications 7041, 7042. This page links 135 question papers (135 with mark schemes) across 5 exam series, from November 2020 to June 2024. In the June 2024 series, the 30 papers were:

• 70421A Component 1A The Age of the Crusades, c1071-1204 (A-level)
• 70421E Component 1E Russia in the Age of Absolutism and Englightenment, 1682-1796 (A-level)
• 70421F Component 1F Industrialisation and the people: Britain, c1783-1885 (A-level)
• 70421G Component 1G Challenge and transformation: Britain, c1851-1964 (A-level)
• 70421H Component 1H Tsarist and Communist Russia, 1855-1964 (A-level)
• 70422A Component 2A Royal Authority and the Angevin Kings, 1154-1216 (A-level)
• 70422C Component 2C The Reformation in Europe, c1500-1564 (A-level)
• 70422D Component 2D Religious conflict and the Church in England, c1529-1570 (A-level)
• 70422E Component 2E The English Revolution, 1625-1660 (A-level)
• 70422G Component 2G The Birth of the USA, 1760-1801 (A-level)
• 70422H Component 2H France in Revolution, 1774-1815 (A-level)
• 70422J Component 2J America: A Nation Divided, c1845-1877 (A-level)
• 70422M Component 2M Wars and Welfare: Britain in Transition, 1906-1957 (A-level)
• 70422N Component 2N Revolution and dictatorship: Russia, 1917-1953 (A-level)
• 70422O Component 2O Democracy and Nazism: Germany, 1918-1945 (A-level)
• 70422R Component 2R The Cold War, c1945-1991 (A-level)
• 70411C Component 1C The Tudors: England, 1485-1603 (AS)
• 70411D Component 1D Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy, 1603-1702 (AS)
• 70411G Component 1G Challenge and transformation: Britain, c1851-1964 (AS)
• 70411H Component 1H Tsarist and Communist Russia, 1855-1964 (AS)
• 70411J Component 1J The British Empire, c1857-1967 (AS)
• 70411L Component 1L The quest for political stability: Germany, 1871-1991 (AS)
• 70412A Component 2A Royal Authority and the Angevin Kings, 1154-1216 (AS)
• 70412D Component 2D Religious conflict and the Church in England, c1529-1570 (AS)
• 70412E Component 2E The English Revolution, 1625-1660 (AS)
• 70412G Component 2G The Birth of the USA, 1760-1801 (AS)
• 70412J Component 2J America: A Nation Divided, c1845-1877 (AS)
• 70412L Component 2L Italy and Fascism, c1900-1945 (AS)
• 70412M Component 2M Wars and Welfare: Britain in Transition, 1906-1957 (AS)
• 70412R Component 2R The Cold War, c1945-1991 (AS)

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