OCR GCSE History A (Explaining the Modern World) Past Papers

About these OCR GCSE History A (Explaining the Modern World) papers

OCR GCSE History A (Explaining the Modern World) is specification J410. This page links 57 question papers (57 with mark schemes) across 5 exam series, from November 2021 to June 2025. In the June 2025 series, the 11 papers were:

• J410/01 International relations: the changing international order 1918–c.1975 with China 1950–1981: the people and the state
• J410/02 International relations: the changing international order 1918–c.1975 with Germany 1925–1955: the people and the state
• J410/05 International relations: the changing international order 1918–c.1975 with South Africa 1960–1994: the people and the state
• J410/06 International relations: the changing international order 1918–c.1975 with the USA 1919 –1948: the people and the state
• J410/07 International relations: the changing international order 1918–c.1975 with the USA 1945–1974: the people and the state
• J410/08 Migration to Britain c.1000 to c.2010
• J410/09 Power: monarchy and democracy in Britain c.1000 to 2014
• J410/10 War and British society c.790 to c.2010
• J410/11 The impact of empire on Britain 1688–c.1730 with urban environments: patterns of migration
• J410/12 The English Reformation c.1520–c.1550 with castles: form and function c.1000–1750
• J410/13 Personal rule to Restoration 1629–1660 with castles: form and function c.1000–1750

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