AQA GCSE History Paper 1b Section B/c 2025 Question Paper

Download the official AQA GCSE History Paper 1 Section B/C question paper for the June 2025 exam series (8145/1B/C). This authentic AQA exam paper contains the full set of live GCSE History questions for Conflict and Tension between East and West, 1945–1972, used during the summer 2025 examination series.
The paper includes source analysis, utility evaluation, narrative accounts, and extended evaluative essays covering the Cold War, Superpower rivalry, the Space Race, Germany after the Second World War, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Students will encounter questions on friendship between China and the USSR, the usefulness of sources about the Space Race, the impact of the division of Germany on Superpower relations between 1945 and 1949, and whether the Cuban Missile Crisis was the main reason for increased tension during the 1960s.

Students can practise real 4-mark, 8-mark, 12-mark, and 16-mark GCSE History questions exactly as they appeared in the live June 2025 AQA examination. The paper also includes authentic AQA formatting, official timing guidance, structured answer spaces, and exam presentation identical to the real assessment experience.

The examination tests a wide range of historical knowledge and analytical skills, including source utility evaluation, provenance analysis, explanation of historical events, and balanced evaluative judgement using evidence from across the Cold War specification. The final 16-mark essay question asks students to judge whether the Cuban Missile Crisis was the main reason for increased tension between the Superpowers during the 1960s, alongside assessment of SPaG skills.

Ideal for timed practice, mock exams, intervention sessions, revision work, and preparation for the 2026 GCSE History exams.

This document is designed for Year 10 and Year 11 students studying GCSE History Conflict and Tension between East and West, 1945–1972 under the AQA 8145 specification, including students preparing for the 2026 exams, retake candidates, private candidates, and home-schooled learners targeting grades 7–9.

It is also highly useful for history teachers, tutors, intervention coordinators, revision centres, and parents who require authentic AQA exam material for source analysis, evaluative judgement practice, mock moderation, and GCSE History exam-technique improvement using official June 2025 examination questions.