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
Which article of the new German constitution let the President rule by decree in an emergency?
- Article 231
- Article 10
- Article 48
- Article 1
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✓ Answer: C — Article 48
Award 1 mark. Article 48 was used heavily from 1930 to govern without the Reichstag, weakening democracy before Hitler came to power.
Q2 · Difficulty 1/3
Which garden air-raid shelter was made from curved sheets of corrugated steel?
- The Morrison shelter
- The Underground station
- The public trench shelter
- The Anderson shelter
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✓ Answer: D — The Anderson shelter
Award 1 mark. Anderson shelters were half-buried in gardens and covered with earth. They were damp and cold but protected against blast.
Q3 · Difficulty 1/3
Who wrote the 1842 report on the sanitary conditions of the labouring population?
- Edwin Chadwick
- John Snow
- Aneurin Bevan
- Florence Nightingale
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✓ Answer: A — Edwin Chadwick
Award 1 mark. Chadwick linked dirt and poor drainage to disease and early death among the poor, putting pressure on government to act.
Q4 · Difficulty 1/3
Which President signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
- John F. Kennedy
- Dwight Eisenhower
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Richard Nixon
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✓ Answer: C — Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson. Award 1 mark. Kennedy proposed the law, but after his assassination Johnson pushed it through Congress, banning segregation in public places.
Q5 · Difficulty 1/3
Who was Elizabeth's chief adviser for most of her reign, later made Lord Burghley?
- Francis Drake
- Robert Dudley
- William Cecil
- Thomas Cromwell
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✓ Answer: C — William Cecil
Award 1 mark. Cecil served as Secretary of State and then Lord Treasurer for forty years, running government business for the queen.
Q6 · Difficulty 1/3
In which city did troops escort nine black students into a high school in 1957?
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Selma, Alabama
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Little Rock, Arkansas
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✓ Answer: D — Little Rock, Arkansas
Award 1 mark. The governor used the National Guard to keep the students out, so President Eisenhower sent federal troops to protect them.
Q7 · Difficulty 1/3
In which town was the Council of Wales and the Marches based?
- Cardiff
- Chester
- Caernarfon
- Ludlow
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✓ Answer: D — Ludlow
Award 1 mark. The Council governed Wales and the border counties from Ludlow Castle until it was abolished in 1689.
Q8 · Difficulty 1/3
Which 1930s agency gave young unemployed men work in forests and national parks?
- The Tennessee Valley Authority
- The Agricultural Adjustment Agency
- The National Labor Relations Board
- The Civilian Conservation Corps
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✓ Answer: D — The Civilian Conservation Corps
Award 1 mark. The CCC employed millions of young men planting trees and building paths, sending most of their pay home to their families.
WJEC GCSE History FAQ
What does the WJEC GCSE History exam look like?
The WJEC 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 WJEC GCSE History past paper?
Real WJEC past papers are published directly by WJEC 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 WJEC 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.