Now answer all the following questions. You may use any of the sources to help you answer the questions, in addition to those sources which you are told to use. In answering the questions you should use your knowledge of the topic to help you interpret and evaluate the sources. Study Source C.

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2023). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

1. [7] Level 5 Explains how the source is useful as evidence of how Britain wants to represent the British in India OR how they themselves imagine the British in India.
2. [6] Level 4 Explains how the source is not useful because of its purpose.
3. [4-5] Level 3 Valid and supported impressions of the British in India (4) OR dismisses/accepts the source by using contextual knowledge/cross reference to dismiss/accept it as evidence. (5)
4. [2-3] Level 2 Valid unsupported impressions of the British in India OR dismisses the source because it is Christmas i.e., Christmas is unrepresentative of everyday life.
5. [1] Level 1 Answers based on description of surface details OR dismisses the source because it is from Britain, not India.