Pearson Edexcel A Level History Paper 38 2025 Qp Pdf

Get the official Pearson Edexcel A-Level History Paper 3 Option 38 question paper from the June 2025 examination series (9HI0/38) covering The making of modern Russia, 1855–1991, and The making of modern China, 1860–1997. 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 source booklet used in the live Summer 2025 examination.

This paper assesses major themes in Russian and Chinese political, economic and social transformation including the Bolshevik seizure of power in October 1917, Khrushchev’s reforms, repression and reform after the 1905 Revolution, the Tianjin Massacre, the Sino-Japanese War, Jiang Jieshi’s response to Japan, the Great Leap Forward and the role of western technology in Chinese industrial development. Questions cover Lenin’s proclamation after the seizure of the Winter Palace, the Treaty of Shimonoseki, communist policies toward the peasantry, Stalin’s agricultural modernisation, China’s economic development between 1860–1997, and the causes of all-out war with Japan in 1937. Pair it with the matching Edexcel 9HI0/38 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 modern Russian and Chinese 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 revolution, communism, nationalism, industrialisation and foreign intervention, practise source interpretation, standardise essay-marking approaches, and identify weaknesses in contextual analysis, judgement and historical argumentation.