Question 1: True or False Statements

Question 1 on Paper 2 is worth 4 marks and is designed to be the quickest, most accessible question on the paper. It tests your ability to identify explicit information — facts that are directly stated in one of the two texts.

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What the Question Looks Like

A typical Q1 might read:

Read again Source A from lines 1 to 12. Choose four statements below which are TRUE. Shade the boxes of the ones that you think are true.

You will be given eight statements and must select the four that are true. Each correct answer earns 1 mark.

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What You Need to Do

Requirement	Explanation
Read the specified lines only	Only use information from the given line references
Identify explicit information	The correct statements will be directly supported by words in the text
Select exactly four statements	Choosing more or fewer than four may cost marks
Do NOT analyse or infer	This is a retrieval question — no analysis or inference is needed

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Strategy