Edexcel A Level History Paper 2 options: India, c1914-48: the road to independence / South Africa, 1948-94: from apartheid state to rainbow nation June 2018 question paper 9HI0/2F

Study Sources 1 and 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.

How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate the problems facing the Second Round Table Conference?

Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.

Study Sources 3 and 4 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.

How far could the historian make use of Sources 3 and 4 together to investigate responses to the death of Steve Biko?

Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.

3 ‘Repression was the principal method used by the British to maintain their control over India throughout the years 1914-30.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

4 ‘The impact of communal violence after the Second World War was the most significant factor in the British decision to partition the Indian subcontinent in August 1947.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

5 ‘The National Party was able to implement apartheid legislation, in the years 1948-59, because of the weakness of opposition to it.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How accurate is it to say that P W Botha’s attempts to reform the system of apartheid, in the years 1983-89, were a complete failure?