Pearson Edexcel A Level History Paper 2c 2025 Qp Pdf

Get the official Pearson Edexcel A-Level History Paper 2 Option 2C question paper from the June 2025 examination series (9HI0/2C) covering France in Revolution, 1774–99, and Russia in Revolution, 1894–1924. This examiner-issued PDF contains the complete original paper layout, all Section A source-analysis questions, Section B essay questions, and the official sources booklet used in the live Summer 2025 examination.

This paper assesses major themes in revolutionary France and Russia including the September Massacres, the French Directory, the Lena Goldfields dispute, the Revolutions of 1905 and February 1917, and the survival of the Bolshevik regime. Questions cover Louis XVI’s failings, the Directory’s political and financial record, treatment of workers at the Lena goldfields, and Lenin’s role in preserving Bolshevik power between 1917–24. Pair it with the matching Edexcel 9HI0/2C June 2025 mark scheme on markscheme.net for complete examiner-standard revision and essay-marking practice. Updated for the 2025/2026 academic year, optimised for mobile and desktop, and instantly downloadable from markscheme.net — your fastest route to top-grade A-Level History revision.

This document is designed for Year 12 and Year 13 students preparing for the 2026 Pearson Edexcel A-Level History examinations, including retake candidates targeting A and A* grades, sixth-form learners, and home-educated students studying revolutionary France and revolutionary Russia. It is especially valuable for students refining source evaluation, depth-study essays and analytical historical writing under timed exam conditions.

It is equally useful for teachers, private tutors, revision-course providers and parents supporting advanced History revision at home. The paper can be used to run timed mocks, assess understanding of revolutionary movements and political transformation, practise source interpretation, standardise essay-marking approaches, and identify weaknesses in contextual analysis, judgement and historical argumentation.