Edexcel · 4EC1

Subsidies

19questions
89marks
11series
2020–2025years

Subsidies comes up in 19 questions across the Edexcel International GCSE past papers (4EC1), worth 89 marks between them. They run from 2020 to 2025 and appear on iGCSE Paper 1, iGCSE Paper 2, iGCSE Paper 2R.

Tariffs run from 1 to 12 marks. The commonest instructions are Draw/Diagram (6), Assess (3), Identify (MCQ) (3). Specification points covered: 1.1.6, 1.2.6, 2.1.2.

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June 2025 3 questions

9 marksiGCSE · Paper 1

Q3(e) Data response: how well subsidies tackle externalities such as road congestion (context: Sri Lanka Railways' subsidised tickets).

1.1.6SubsidiesAssessData response essay
3 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q1(f) Diagram question: show what France's EUR4bn hydrogen subsidy does to equilibrium price and quantity.

2.1.2SubsidiesDraw/DiagramShort answer
9 marksiGCSE · Paper 2R

Q2(g) Data response: the environmental case for subsidising solar-powered stoves in Rwanda (context: a $17m scheme reaching 500 000+ households).

2.1.2SubsidiesAssessData response essay

Nov 2024 2 questions

1 markiGCSE · Paper 1

Q1(b) Multiple choice picking the diagram showing what higher subsidies to car makers do to the market.

1.2.6SubsidiesIdentify (MCQ)Multiple choice
1 markiGCSE · Paper 2

Q3(a) Multiple choice on the upside of subsidising domestic producers.

2.1.2SubsidiesIdentify (MCQ)Multiple choice

June 2024 2 questions

9 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q2(g) Data response: what the US stands to gain from subsidising green technology (context: a $369bn programme).

2.1.2SubsidiesAssessData response essay
3 marksiGCSE · Paper 2R

Q1(f) Diagram question: Ghana withdraws its fuel subsidy - show the effect on petroleum price and quantity.

2.1.2SubsidiesDraw/DiagramShort answer

Nov 2023 1 question

3 marksiGCSE · Paper 1

Q1(g) Diagram question: show what a subsidy does to the electric car market, labelling the new curve and equilibrium.

1.2.6SubsidiesDraw/DiagramShort answer

June 2023 3 questions

3 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q2(f) Diagram question: show what introducing a subsidy does to equilibrium price and quantity.

2.1.2SubsidiesDraw/DiagramShort answer
12 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q4(c) Data response: weigh up subsidies as environmental protection - Spain case.

2.1.2SubsidiesEvaluateData response essay
3 marksiGCSE · Paper 2R

Q3(c) Give one reason the US government brought in the subsidy described.

2.1.2SubsidiesExplainShort answer

Jan 2023 1 question

2 marksiGCSE · Paper 1

Q2(e) Set out one drawback to a government of using subsidies.

1.2.6SubsidiesDescribeShort answer

June 2022 2 questions

3 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q3(c) Give one reason the UK subsidises renewable energy firms.

2.1.2SubsidiesExplainShort answer
3 marksiGCSE · Paper 2R

Q1(f) Diagram question: show what a subsidy does to the price and quantity of renewable energy.

2.1.2SubsidiesDraw/DiagramShort answer

Nov 2021 1 question

3 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q3(c) Give one benefit of subsidies - Bangladesh case.

2.1.2SubsidiesExplainShort answer

June 2021 1 question

3 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q1(f) Diagram question: show what a targeted car subsidy does to equilibrium price and quantity.

2.1.2SubsidiesDraw/DiagramShort answer

Nov 2020 1 question

12 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q4(c) Data response: weigh up public transport subsidies as environmental protection.

2.1.2SubsidiesEvaluateData response essay

Jan 2020 2 questions

6 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q1(h) Data response: why India subsidised its sugar cane farmers.

2.1.2SubsidiesAnalyseData response essay
1 markiGCSE · Paper 2R

Q2(a) Multiple choice picking the diagram showing an agricultural market after a subsidy is withdrawn.

2.1.2SubsidiesIdentify (MCQ)Multiple choice

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