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 2023 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 reasons for the failure of the Simla Conference (1945)?

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 the importance of F W de Klerk in the process of dismantling apartheid in 1990?

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

3 ‘The 1920–22 non-cooperation campaign was the most important influence on the growth of nationalism in the years 1914–22.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

4 ‘The Government of India Acts of 1919 and 1935 made fundamental changes to India’s relationship with Britain.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

5 ‘In the years 1948–61, the weaknesses of African nationalism were more significant than the strengths of the National Party in explaining the failure of opposition to apartheid.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How accurate is it to say that, in the years 1968–83, the power of the National Party was seriously undermined?