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Free AQA GCSE History
Practice Paper

8 mixed-difficulty practice questions in the style of real AQA GCSE papers — answers, mark-scheme-style explanations, and the official exam structure all on one page.

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What the real AQA GCSE History paper looks like

Paper 1
Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 1-4 of the specification.
Paper 2
Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 5-8 of the specification.
Paper 3
Where applicable — e.g. Combined Science, Languages. Includes synoptic and applied questions.
Total exam time: ~3 hours across two or three papers.
Grading: Grades: 9 (highest) to 1 (lowest), with U (ungraded). A grade of 4 is a standard pass; 5 is a strong pass.

Mini practice paper: 8 questions

Mixed-difficulty questions from across the History syllabus. Tap "Show answer" after each to check yourself.

Q1 · Difficulty 1/3

The Cold War was a rivalry primarily between the USA and the:

  1. UK
  2. USSR
  3. France
  4. China
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✓ Answer: B — USSR
The USA and USSR were the superpower rivals.
Q2 · Difficulty 1/3

The Weimar Republic was established in Germany in:

  1. 1914
  2. 1919
  3. 1933
  4. 1945
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✓ Answer: B — 1919
It was founded in 1919 after WWI.
Q3 · Difficulty 1/3

Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in:

  1. 1929
  2. 1933
  3. 1936
  4. 1939
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✓ Answer: B — 1933
January 1933.
Q4 · Difficulty 2/3

The 'iron curtain' phrase was popularised by:

  1. Stalin
  2. Churchill
  3. Truman
  4. Roosevelt
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✓ Answer: B — Churchill
Churchill's 1946 speech.
Q5 · Difficulty 2/3

The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 to:

  1. protect West Berlin
  2. stop East Germans fleeing to the West
  3. start a war
  4. aid trade
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✓ Answer: B — stop East Germans fleeing to the West
It halted emigration from East to West.
Q6 · Difficulty 2/3

The Gestapo were the Nazi:

  1. air force
  2. secret state police
  3. youth movement
  4. labour service
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✓ Answer: B — secret state police
The secret police enforced terror.
Q7 · Difficulty 2/3

Discontent among Russian peasants centred on demands for:

  1. factories
  2. land
  3. colonies
  4. a navy
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✓ Answer: B — land
Land hunger was a key grievance.
Q8 · Difficulty 2/3

Kristallnacht (1938) was:

  1. a Nazi election
  2. an organised attack on Jewish homes, shops and synagogues
  3. a peace treaty
  4. a workers' strike
Show answer & explanation
✓ Answer: B — an organised attack on Jewish homes, shops and synagogues
A violent pogrom against Jews.
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AQA GCSE History FAQ

What does the AQA GCSE History exam look like?
The AQA GCSE History exam is structured across 3 components. Paper 1: Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 1-4 of the specification. Paper 2: Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 5-8 of the specification. Paper 3: Where applicable — e.g. Combined Science, Languages. Includes synoptic and applied questions. Total exam time: ~3 hours across two or three papers.
Can I download a free AQA GCSE History past paper?
Real AQA past papers are published directly by AQA on their official website. Kramizo doesn't redistribute copyrighted past papers, but we do generate free AI-written practice papers in the exact same style — same command words, same difficulty tier, same mark conventions. Use this practice paper as warm-up, then time yourself on official past papers before exam day.
How is AQA GCSE History graded?
Grades: 9 (highest) to 1 (lowest), with U (ungraded). A grade of 4 is a standard pass; 5 is a strong pass. Kramizo's practice questions are tagged with difficulty 1-3 mapping roughly to the lower, middle, and top grade boundaries you'll encounter in the real exam.