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OCR Economics past paper questions: Growth and development

Every OCR question on Growth and development from 2021 to 2025: 4 essays, 1 data response question, 1 short answer question and 4 multiple choice questions. It covers Measuring economic performance, International trade and exchange rates and Aggregate demand. Each question links to its paper, mark scheme and examiner report.

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SubtopicsMeasuring economic performance 2International trade and exchange rates 2Aggregate demand 1

Essay questions on growth and development

A-level Paper 2, June 2025, Q4OptionalEvaluate25 marks

Evaluate whether a very uneven distribution of income will result in a country having a low HDI value.

Question paper p.12 Mark scheme p.29 Examiner report p.2 Open in the tool

AS Paper 2, June 2024, Q18OptionalEvaluate20 marks

Evaluate, using an appropriate diagram(s), the usefulness of GDP as an indicator of development.

Question paper p.14 Mark scheme p.23 Examiner report p.2 Open in the tool

AS Paper 2, June 2022, Q17OptionalEvaluate20 marks

Evaluate, using an appropriate diagram(s), whether international trade is more beneficial to a developing country than a developed country.

Question paper p.12 Mark scheme p.18 Open in the tool

A-level Paper 2, October 2021, Q5OptionalEvaluate25 marks

Evaluate whether a country with a high HDI is likely to have a low rate of poverty.

Question paper p.16 Mark scheme p.24 Open in the tool

Data response questions on growth and development

A-level Paper 2, June 2024, Q1(d)4 marks

Case study: Changing economic conditions in Kenya

Using Table 1, explain the relationship between mean years of schooling and life expectancy.

Question paper p.5 Mark scheme p.13 Examiner report p.2 Open in the tool

Short answer questions on growth and development

A-level Paper 3, June 2024, Q372 marks

Using Fig. 3.1, compare GDP and HDI growth between 2011 and 2021.

Question paper p.24 Mark scheme p.28 Examiner report p.3 Open in the tool

Multiple choice questions

A-level Paper 3, June 2025, Q3
What is missing from the Harrod-Domar model?? INVESTMENT ECONOMIC INCREASE IN GROWTH CAPITAL STOCK
A-level Paper 3, June 2024, Q28
Which of these is measured as part of the Human Development Index (HDI)?
A-level Paper 3, October 2021, Q15
Output is one way of measuring the level of economic activity in an economy. What is another way?
A-level Paper 3, October 2021, Q18
Which of the following is the most likely recipient of microfinance?

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Essay questions on growth and development

Data response questions on growth and development

Short answer questions on growth and development

Multiple choice questions

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