Question 1
Question detail
Which judgement is best supported?
Try the question, check the answer, then read the explanation to understand the curriculum point.
At a glance
MCQ
Type
practice
Style
Topic
AA Britain: Health and the people: c1000 to the present day
Question
- A. cholera is significant when tied to Public Health Acts.
- B. A broad opinion without context.
- C. A consequence described as a cause.
- D. An interpretation treated as factual evidence.
Answer
Chronology check: cholera is significant when tied to Public Health Acts. is the best answer. It fits Part three: A revolution in medicine within AA Britain: Health and the people: c1000 to the present day and directly supports Study improvements in public health, including industrial Britain, cholera, public health reformers, local and national government and the 1848 and 1875 Public. Check this by using sequence, turning point, period, before, after, continuity, change; do not choose a distractor simply because it sounds historical.
Explanation
The correct option is cholera is significant when tied to. This MCQ is about Which judgement is best supported, not just general recall. The correct option works because it matches the period context of Paper 2 Section A: Thematic studies and uses the same evidence base as Study improvements in public health, including industrial Britain, cholera, public health reformers, local and national government and the 1848 and 1875 Public. The rejected options are weaker: 1) A broad opinion without context.; 2) A consequence described as a cause.; 3) An interpretation treated as factual evidence.. To decide between them, students should place, order, connect, contrast the option against chronology, evidence and the learning objective, then keep evidence separate from opinion and interpretation.
Common mistake
Avoid confusing cholera
A common mistake is to write about cholera as a general opinion, or to mix up cause, consequence, change and continuity in c1000 to the present day.
Anchor the answer to Part three: A revolution in medicine, use precise evidence, and state whether cholera is a cause, consequence, change, continuity or significant development.
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