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GEOGRAPHY-HISTORY-CI/11

Geography Integrated, History Integrated and Public

Geography / History / Civics: Integrated only · 2022 · Variant 1

Relative difficulty

Standard

Analysis source: National Center for University Entrance Examinations (DNC)

Analysis aligned to the official syllabus and assessment design.

Relative difficulty

Cohort performance

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Key examiner messages

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Question difficulty map

How candidates performed on each question in this series

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Assessment objectives

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Method marks watchlist

Where working, steps, or method marks were commonly lost

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Recurring mistakes across years

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Question choice intelligence

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Level exemplars

What candidate scripts at each grade level looked like

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Grade & admission context

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Deep insights

What top candidates did

Techniques and approaches examiners rewarded in this series

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Command word playbook

How to match each command word to the expected response style

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Time traps

Sections where candidates spent disproportionate time relative to marks

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Syllabus traceability

Topics linked to questions and mark weighting in this session

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MCQ trap analytics

Commonly chosen wrong options from examiner commentary

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Topic heatmap across years

Mark concentration by topic and exam year for this subject

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Difficulty trend

How session difficulty has shifted across recent years

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Paper comparison

Marks and duration breakdown across papers in this session

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Marks you can still earn

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Practise what examiners flagged

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Self-diagnostic checklist

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Teacher briefing pack

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Exam tips

Paper format

Duration
60 min for one subject / 130 min when taking two subjects
Total marks
100
Weighting
100%
Question types
Maps, historical documents, civic scenarios, statistics and interdisciplinary comparison
  • Decide whether the item is mainly spatial, temporal or civic before reading options. Then add the other two lenses only as needed.
  • For any social issue, ask: where is it happening, how did it develop, and what public decision is being made? This matches the combined subject design.
  • Because the paper is broad, high-yield review is core vocabulary: scale, region, continuity, change, rights, democracy, market, sustainability and diversity.

Common mistakes

  • Integration

    Answering from only one discipline when the item requires two or three.

    How to avoid: Check whether each option fits the map/data, the historical context and the civic concept.

  • Source reading

    Confusing correlation in a graph with historical causation.

    How to avoid: Look for the source that supplies mechanism or chronology before selecting a cause.

  • Public concepts

    Using rights, welfare, equality or sustainability as vague slogans.

    How to avoid: Define the concept in the concrete case: who is affected and what changes.

Analysis is paraphrased for study purposes. Always verify against the official examiner report and mark scheme.

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