HSC Modern History past exams 2014–2025, by year and topic

Core Study: Power and Authority in the Modern World 1919–1946 · 4 mapped questions

Also in this topic: Survey — the peace treaties (Versailles) and their consequences for Europe and Asia · Focus study — Nazi Germany 1933–1939: consolidation of power, ideology and the Nazi state — question-level mapping in progress; the year table above links every official paper.

National Studies (choose ONE) · 4 mapped questions

Also in this topic: Option C: India 1942–1984 · Option D: Indonesia 1945–2005 · Option E: Japan 1904–1937 · Option H: Iran 1945–1989 — question-level mapping in progress; the year table above links every official paper.

Peace and Conflict (choose ONE) · 3 mapped questions

Also in this topic: Option B: Conflict in the Pacific 1937–1951 · Option C: Conflict in Europe 1935–1945 · Option E: Conflict in the Gulf 1980–2011 — question-level mapping in progress; the year table above links every official paper.

Change in the Modern World (choose ONE) · 3 mapped questions

Also in this topic: Option B: The Cultural Revolution to Tiananmen Square 1966–1989 · Option D: The Changing World Order 1945–2011 · Option F: Apartheid in South Africa 1960–1994 — question-level mapping in progress; the year table above links every official paper.

The rest of the syllabus

Question-level mapping for this area is still being verified. Every official paper covering them is in the year table above.

• Historical skills and source analysis (assessed throughout Section I) — Evaluating provenance, usefulness and reliability of primary sources · Synthesising and integrating evidence from multiple sources · Comparing and contrasting historical interpretations · Using historical terms and concepts appropriately in extended response