OCR A-Level History Past Papers

About these OCR A-Level History papers

OCR A-Level History is specifications H105, H505. This page links 318 question papers (318 with mark schemes) across 5 exam series, from November 2021 to June 2025. In the June 2025 series, the 65 papers were:

• Y101/01 Alfred and the making of England 871–1016
• Y102/01 Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Conquest 1035–1107
• Y103/01 England 1199–1272
• Y104/01 England 1377–1455
• Y105/01 England 1445–1509: Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII
• Y106/01 England 1485–1558: the early Tudors
• Y107/01 England 1547–1603: the later Tudors
• Y108/01 The early Stuarts and the origins of the Civil War 1603–1660
• Y109/01 The making of Georgian Britain 1678–c.1760
• Y110/01 From Pitt to Peel 1783–1853
• Y111/01 Liberals, Conservatives and the rise of Labour 1846–1918
• Y112/01 Britain 1900–1951
• Y113/01 Britain 1930–1997
• Y136/01 England 1485–1558: the early Tudors
• Y137/01 England 1547–1603: the later Tudors
• Y138/01 The early Stuarts and the origins of the Civil War 1603–1660
• Y143/01 Britain c1930–1997
• Y201/01 The rise of Islam c.550–750
• Y202/01 Charlemagne 768–814
• Y203/01 The Crusades and the Crusader States 1095–1192
• Y204/01 Genghis Khan and the explosion from the Steppes c.1167–1405
• Y205/01 Exploration, encounters and empire 1445–1570
• Y206/01 Spain 1469–1556
• Y207/01 The German Reformation and the rule of Charles V 1500–1559
• Y208/01 Philip II 1556–1598
• Y209/01 African kingdoms c.1400–1800: four case studies
• Y210/01 Russia 1645–1741
• Y212/01 The American Revolution 1740–1796
• Y213/01 The French Revolution and the rule of Napoleon 1774–1815
• Y214/01 France 1814–1870
• Y215/01 Italy and unification 1789–1896
• Y216/01 The USA in the 19th Century: Westward expansion and Civil War 1803–c.1890
• Y217/01 Japan 1853–1937
• Y218/01 International relations 1890–1941
• Y219/01 Russia 1894–1941
• Y220/01 Italy 1896–1943
• Y221/01 Democracy and dictatorships in Germany 1919–1963
• Y222/01 The Cold War in Asia 1945–1993
• Y223/01 The Cold War in Europe 1941–1995
• Y224/01 Apartheid and reconciliation: South African politics 1948–1999
• Y243/01 The French Revolution and the rule of Napoleon 1774–1815
• Y249/01 Russia 1894–1941
• Y251/01 Democracy and dictatorships in Germany 1919–1963
• Y253/01 The Cold War in Europe 1941–1995
• Y301/01 The Early Anglo‑Saxons c.400–800
• Y302/01 The Viking Age c.790–1066
• Y303/01 English government and the Church 1066–1216
• Y304/01 The Church and medieval heresy c.1100–1437
• Y305/01 The Renaissance c.1400 – c.1600
• Y306/01 Rebellion and disorder under the Tudors 1485–1603
• Y307/01 Tudor foreign policy 1485–1603
• Y308/01 The Catholic Reformation 1492–1610
• Y309/01 The ascendancy of the Ottoman Empire 1453–1606
• Y310/01 The development of the nation state: France 1498–1610
• Y311/01 The origins and growth of the British Empire 1558–1783
• Y312/01 Popular culture and the witchcraze of the 16th and 17th centuries
• Y313/01 The ascendancy of France 1610–1715
• Y314/01 The challenge of German nationalism 1789–1919
• Y315/01 The changing nature of warfare 1792–1945
• Y316/01 Britain and Ireland 1791–1921
• Y317/01 China and its rulers 1839–1989
• Y318/01 Russia and its rulers 1855–1964
• Y319/01 Civil rights in the USA 1865–1992
• Y320/01 From colonialism to independence: The British Empire 1857–1965
• Y321/01 The Middle East 1908–2011: Ottomans to Arab Spring

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