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Grade 10 History Past Papers & Memos

Download free official Grade 10 History past exam papers with memorandums from 2015 to present — NSC, trial and provincial papers.

Past Papers

2025

2025 Eastern Cape March Test

LP-MW-History-Grade-10-March-2025-QP-and-Memo.pdf

QP + Memo

EC-History-Grade-10-March-2025-QP-and-Memo.pdf

QP + Memo

2024

2024 North West June Exam

HISTORY-QP-ENG-JUNE-2024.pdf

EN

HISTORY-ADD-ENG-JUNE-2024.pdf

EN

2024 North West November Exam

GR10-HISTORY-ADDENDUM-ENG.pdf

AddendumEN

GR10-HISTORY-QP-ENG.pdf

EN

GR10-HISTORY-QP-AFR.pdf

AF

2023

2023 Gauteng March Test

Gr 10 History (English) Term 1 Controlled Test 1 2023 Addendum.pdf

AddendumEN

Gr 10 History Term 1 Controlled Test Question Paper.pdf

Gr 10 History (English) Term 1 Controlled Test 1 Question Paper.pdf

EN

Gr 10 History Term 1 Test 2023 Grid Analysis.pdf

Gr 10 History Term 1 Controlled Test 2023 Addendum.pdf

Addendum

2023 NSC Prelim Exam

Exemplar-Geography-Grade-10-2022-P2-only.pdf

Exemplar-Geography-Grade-10-2022-P1-and-Memo.pdf

QP + Memo

2023 NSC Term 1 controlled test

Gr 10 History (English) Term 1 Controlled Test 1 2023 Addendum.pdf

AddendumEN

Gr 10 History (English) Term 1 Controlled Test 1 Question Paper.pdf

EN

Gr 10 History Term 1 Controlled Test Question Paper.pdf

Gr 10 History Term 1 Controlled Test 2023 Addendum.pdf

Addendum

2020

2020 Eastern Cape November

HISTORY P2 GR 10 NOV2020 MEMO English.pdf

MemoEN

HISTORY P1 GR10 MEMO NOV2020_English.pdf

MemoEN

HISTORY P1 GR10 MEMO NOV2020_Afrikaans.pdf

MemoAF

HISTORY P2 GR 10 NOV2020 QP English.pdf

EN

HISTORY P2 GR 10 NOV2020 QP Afrikaans.pdf

AF

HISTORY P1 GR10 QP NOV2020_English.pdf

EN

HISTORY P1 GR10 QP NOV2020_Afrikaans.pdf

AF

HISTORY P1 GR10 ADDENDUM NOV2020_Afrikaans.pdf

AddendumAF

HISTORY P1 GR10 ADDENDUM NOV2020_English.pdf

AddendumEN

HISTORY P2 GR 10 NOV2020 MEMO Afrikaans.pdf

MemoAF

2020 Mpumalanga National Exemplar Exam (NSC)

HISTORY P2 GR 10 NOV2020 QP English.pdf

EN

HISTORY P2 GR 10 NOV2020 MEMO Afrikaans.pdf

MemoAF

HISTORY P1 GR10 MEMO NOV2020_Afrikaans.pdf

MemoAF

HISTORY P1 GR10 ADDENDUM NOV2020_Afrikaans.pdf

AddendumAF

HISTORY P1 GR10 QP NOV2020_Afrikaans.pdf

AF

2019

2019 Eastern Cape November

HISTORY GR10 QP NOV2019_Afr D.pdf

HISTORY GR10 ADDENDUM NOV2019_Afr D.pdf

Addendum

HISTORY GR10 ADDENDUM NOV2019_Eng D.pdf

Addendum

HISTORY GR10 MEMO NOV2019_Afr D.pdf

Memo

HISTORY GR10 MEMO NOV2019_Eng D.pdf

Memo

HISTORY GR10 QP NOV2019_Eng D.pdf

2019 North West June

History-GR-10-MEMO_.pdf

Memo

History-GR-10-ADDENDUM_.pdf

Addendum

History-GR-10-Paper_.pdf

2019 North West November

NW-NSC-GR-10-HISTORY-P1-ENG-NOV-2019.pdf

NW-NSC-GR-10-HISTORY-P1-ENG-ADD-NOV-2019.pdf

NW-NSC-GR-10-HISTORY-P1-AFR-ADD-NOV-2019.pdf

NW-GR-10-HIST-P1-ENG-MEMO-NOV-2019.pdf

Memo

NW-GR-10-HIST-P1-AFR-MEMO-NOV-2019.pdf

Memo

NW-NSC-GR-10-HISTORY-P1-AFR-NOV-2019.pdf

2018

2018 Eastern Cape November

HISTORY GR10 ADDENDUM NOV2018_Afr D.pdf

Addendum

HISTORY GR10 MEMO NOV2018_English.pdf

MemoEN

HISTORY GR 10 MEMO NOV2018_Afrikaans.pdf

MemoAF

HISTORY ADDENDUM GR10 NOV2018_ Eng D.pdf

Addendum

HISTORY QP GR10 NOV2018_ Eng D.pdf

HISTORY QP GR10 NOV2018_Afr D.pdf

2018 North West June

History-GR-10-Paper_-1.pdf

History-GR-10-MEMO_-1.pdf

Memo

History-GR-10-ADDENDUM_-1.pdf

Addendum

2017

2017 Eastern Cape November

HISTORY QP GR10 NOV2017_ English.pdf

EN

HISTORY QP GR10 NOV2017_Afrikaans.pdf

AF

HISTORY GR10 MEMO NOV2017_English.pdf

MemoEN

HISTORY GR10 MEMO_Afrikaans.pdf

MemoAF

HISTORY ADDENDUM GR10 NOV English.pdf

AddendumEN

HISTORY ADDENDUM AFR.pdf

Addendum

2017 North West June

History GR 10 MEMO_.docx

Memo

History GR 10 Paper_.docx

History GR 10 ADDENDUM_.docx

Addendum

2012

2012 National Exemplar Exam

History GR 10 Exemplar 2012 Memo Eng.pdf

Memo

History GR 10 Exemplar 2012 Afr.pdf

History GR 10 Exemplar 2012 Addendum Eng.pdf

Addendum

History GR 10 Exemplar 2012 Addendum Afr.pdf

Addendum

History GR 10 Exemplar 2012 Memo Afr.pdf

Memo

History GR 10 Exemplar 2012 Eng.pdf

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Yes. Every question paper and memorandum on Hlayiso is sourced from the official Department of Basic Education (DBE) and provincial education departments.

Which years are available?

Grade 10 History past papers from 2015 to the most recent NSC release, including trial and preliminary papers where available.

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Yes — every question paper on Hlayiso is paired with its official memo so you can mark your own work.

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