OCR GCSE Ancient History Paper 1 2025 Question Paper

Download the official OCR GCSE (9–1) Ancient History J198/01 Greece and Persia June 2025 Question Paper PDF for the Summer 2025 examination series. This OCR exam paper contains authentic examiner-set questions covering the Persian Empire, Athenian democracy, Athens in the Age of Pericles and Alexander the Great.

The paper includes source-analysis, interpretation and essay questions on major Ancient History topics including Cyrus the Great, Darius, Xerxes, the Ionian Revolt, Salamis, Cleisthenes, Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Pericles, Aspasia, Athena, Poseidon, Philip II and Alexander the Great. Students are required to analyse ancient sources from Aeschylus, Aristotle and Plutarch while demonstrating AO1, AO2 and AO3 historical skills.

Questions include 5, 10, 15 and 20 mark extended responses together with source-evaluation tasks, historical interpretation essays and SPaG-assessed questions designed to prepare students for OCR GCSE Ancient History examinations in 2026.

Perfect for GCSE Ancient History revision, mock exams, classroom practice, essay-planning and examiner-standard preparation. Best used together with the matching OCR J198/01 Mark Scheme for accurate self-assessment and examiner-level feedback.

This document is designed for OCR GCSE (9–1) Ancient History students preparing for the 2026 examinations, including Year 10 and Year 11 learners, private candidates, tutors, teachers, revision centres and home-school students studying Greece, Persia, Athenian democracy and Alexander the Great.

It is especially useful for students aiming to improve AO1 factual recall, AO2 historical explanation and AO3 source-analysis skills using authentic OCR examination questions and ancient-source extracts.