Pearson Edexcel A Level History Paper 35 2025 Qp Pdf

Get the official Pearson Edexcel A-Level History Paper 3 Option 35 question paper from the June 2025 examination series (9HI0/35) covering Britain: losing and gaining an empire, 1763–1914, and The British experience of warfare, c1790–1918. This examiner-issued PDF contains the complete original paper layout, all Section A source-evaluation questions, Section B thematic essays, Section C breadth-and-depth essays, and the official sources booklet used in the live Summer 2025 examination.

This paper assesses major themes in British imperial and military history including Dalhousie’s policies in India, the Boer War, Lower Canada, British control of Egypt, Florence Nightingale’s reforms, leadership on the Western Front, imperial trade, Cyprus as a naval base, Admiral Fisher’s naval reforms and the organisation of the wartime home front. Questions cover the Doctrine of Lapse, annexation policies in India, Buller and Roberts during the Boer War, the revolt in Lower Canada, Evelyn Baring’s rule in Egypt, military leadership in 1916, and the strategic importance of imperial naval bases. Pair it with the matching Edexcel 9HI0/35 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 British imperial expansion and warfare history. It is especially valuable for students refining source evaluation, thematic essay writing and analytical historical argument 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 imperialism, military reform, colonial administration and warfare strategy, practise source interpretation, standardise essay-marking approaches, and identify weaknesses in contextual analysis, judgement and historical argumentation.