History of GCE “A” Level Economics
Examinations
(1) 1958 to 1971 Papers 1
and 2 (answer any 5 out of 11 or 12
given essay questions
each)
(2) 1972 to 1976
Paper 1 (40 MCQs) and Paper 2 (answer any 5
out of 11 or 12 given essay
questions)
(3) 1977 to 1982 Paper 1
(50 MCQs) and Paper 2 (answer any 5
out of 11 or 12 given essay
questions)
(4) 1983 to 1990
Paper 1 (50 MCQs), Paper 2 (2 data response
questions) and Paper 3 (answer any 4 out of 11
or 12 given essay
questions)
(5) 1991 to 2001
Paper 1 (40 MCQs), Paper 2 (2 data response
questions) and Paper 3 (answer any 4 out of 11
or 12 given essay
questions)
(6) 2003 to 2007
Paper 1 (30 MCQs), Paper 2 (1 data response
question and 1 case study question)
and Paper 3
(answer 3 out of 6 given
questions)
(7) 2007 (H2
Econ) - Paper 1 (1 data
response question and 1 case
study question) and Paper 2 (answer
3 out of 6
given questions, at least one
question from
Microeconomics and
Macroeconomics)