The 2025 O/L History Paper I we have has 39 questions across 19 topics. The Anuradhapura period had the most, 7 questions. The Kandyan kingdom, the only topic asked in all 13 sittings we have, came back with 2. The independence struggle and constitutional reform, asked in 11 of the 13 sittings, did not appear.
This page is about the Paper I multiple-choice questions only.
Topics on the 2025 paper
The table is sorted by how many questions that topic has on the 2025 paper. Sittings is how many of the 13 papers from 2012 to 2025 asked it. 19 topics is the fewest of the 13 sittings. The others have 22 to 31.
| Topic | 2025 questions | Sittings |
|---|---|---|
| අනුරාධපුර යුගය | 7 | 12 of 13 |
| බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය පාලන සමය | 5 | 12 of 13 |
| නිදහසින් පසු ශ්‍රී ලංකාව | 4 | 11 of 13 |
| කාර්මික විප්ලවය | 3 | 9 of 13 |
| දඹදෙණි / ගම්පොල / කෝට්ටේ යුගය | 3 | 9 of 13 |
| උඩරට රාජ්‍ය සමය | 2 | 13 of 13 |
| ඓතිහාසික මූලාශ්‍ර | 2 | 9 of 13 |
| දෙවන ලෝක මහා සංග්‍රාමය | 2 | 6 of 13 |
| එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවිධානය | 1 | 9 of 13 |
| ජාතික පුනරුදය | 1 | 2 of 13 |
| පළමුවන ලෝක මහා සංග්‍රාමය | 1 | 6 of 13 |
| පැරණි මිනුම් ක්‍රම | 1 | 3 of 13 |
| පැරණි වෘත්තීන් | 1 | 2 of 13 |
| පැරණි සමාජ ජීවිතය | 1 | 1 of 13 |
| පුනරුදය | 1 | 6 of 13 |
| පෘතුගීසි පාලන සමය | 1 | 8 of 13 |
| ප්‍රාග් ඓතිහාසික යුගය | 1 | 12 of 13 |
| බෞද්ධ පුනරුදය | 1 | 3 of 13 |
| යුරෝපීය සොයාගැනීම් යුගය | 1 | 4 of 13 |
The 2025 O/L History paper page shows 5 questions from that sitting, with the correct answer and the reason. The rest are in the app.
The regulars that came back
11 topics are asked in 9 or more of the 13 sittings. 9 of them are on the 2025 paper, and they carry 28 of its 39 questions.
- උඩරට රාජ්‍ය සමය: 13 of 13 sittings, 2 questions in 2025.
- අනුරාධපුර යුගය: 12 of 13 sittings, 7 questions in 2025.
- බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය පාලන සමය: 12 of 13 sittings, 5 questions in 2025.
- ප්‍රාග් ඓතිහාසික යුගය: 12 of 13 sittings, 1 questions in 2025.
- නිදහසින් පසු ශ්‍රී ලංකාව: 11 of 13 sittings, 4 questions in 2025.
- කාර්මික විප්ලවය: 9 of 13 sittings, 3 questions in 2025.
- ඓතිහාසික මූලාශ්‍ර: 9 of 13 sittings, 2 questions in 2025.
- දඹදෙණි / ගම්පොල / කෝට්ටේ යුගය: 9 of 13 sittings, 3 questions in 2025.
- එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවිධානය: 9 of 13 sittings, 1 questions in 2025.
The full ranking is in which History MCQ topics repeat. The notes are in short notes for the eras that repeat.
The Anuradhapura-era questions, year by year, are in the Anuradhapura era in past papers.
Regulars the 2025 paper skipped
independence struggle and constitutional reform and Polonnaruwa period are not on the 2025 paper. There is no guarantee they will be asked in 2026. Leaving them unpractised is a risk.
- නිදහස් සටන සහ ව්‍යවස්ථාමය ප්‍රගමනය was asked in 11 of 13 sittings. Absent in 2018 and 2025 only.
- පොළොන්නරු යුගය was asked in 10 of 13 sittings. Absent in 2019, 2024(2025) and 2025 only. The two newest sittings we hold did not ask it.
Also not asked in 2025. These were asked in fewer sittings, from 6 to 8.
- ශිලා ලිපි (8 sittings, last asked in 2021(2022))
- පුරාණ ජල තාක්ෂණය (6 sittings, last asked in 2022(2023))
- ප්‍රංශ විප්ලවය (6 sittings, last asked in 2024(2025))
- රුසියානු විප්ලවය (6 sittings, last asked in 2024(2025))
- යාපන රාජ්‍යය (6 sittings, last asked in 2021(2022))
New on the 2025 paper
පැරණි සමාජ ජීවිතය is not in any earlier sitting we hold. That is a new topic label. It is not a new kind of question.
පැරණි මිනුම් ක්‍රම appears only in 2016, 2017 and 2025. It was asked again in 2025.
බෞද්ධ පුනරුදය appears only in 2012, 2021(2022) and 2025. It was asked again in 2025.
Where the 2025 paper was hard
Of the 39 questions, we rated 5 easy, 18 medium and 16 hard. These are our ratings, not the Department of Examinations'.
Topics with two or more questions we rated hard:
- අනුරාධපුර යුගය · 3 rated hard
- උඩරට රාජ්‍ය සමය · 2 rated hard
- කාර්මික විප්ලවය · 2 rated hard
- දෙවන ලෝක මහා සංග්‍රාමය · 2 rated hard
- නිදහසින් පසු ශ්‍රී ලංකාව · 2 rated hard
Where the hard questions sit, across every paper we hold, is in the hardest History MCQ topics.
One worked question from the 2025 O/L History paper
This question is already public on the 2025 O/L History paper page, which shows 5 questions from that sitting with the correct option and the reason. It is one of that sample. The topic is කාර්මික විප්ලවය.
කාර්මික විප්ලවය නිසා සමාජයේ ඇති වූ ප්‍රධාන වෙනසක් වූයේ,
- Aලිබරල්වාදය, සමාජවාදය වැනි දාර්ශනික මතවල ව්‍යාප්තියි.
- Bසාම්ප්‍රදායික කෘෂි ආර්ථික රටාව වෙනුවට ආනයන-අපනයන ආර්ථික රටාවක් බිහිවීමයි.
- Cබහුජාතික සමාගම්වල බිහිවීමයි.
- Dධනපති පන්තියක් හා නිර්ධන පන්තියක් බිහිවීමයි.
How to use this before the 2026 paper
Revise independence struggle and constitutional reform and Polonnaruwa period first. There is no guarantee they will be asked in 2026. Leaving them unpractised is a risk.
Then the topic asked in every sitting: උඩරට රාජ්‍ය සමය. Then the topics asked in 12 of the 13 sittings: අනුරාධපුර යුගය, බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය පාලන සමය and ප්‍රාග් ඓතිහාසික යුගය.
The list is in which History MCQ topics repeat. The notes are in short notes for the eras that repeat.
The 2026 O/L History paper is on Thursday, 10 December 2026. Paper II, 08:30 – 11:40. Paper I (MCQ), 13:00 – 14:00. That date and time are the Department of Examinations time table, issued on 6 October 2026. The official copy is on doenets.lk. The day is written up in the paper-day guide.
What this page is not
This is not a prediction of the 2026 paper. It is not the full 2025 paper. There is no PDF to download. You cannot play a single year on its own: the journey starts at the beginning.
The 2025 O/L History paper page shows 5 questions from that sitting so you can see the paper. It does not play that year by itself. Paper II is not included. English medium is not here: the questions are the Sinhala-medium paper. Wizder is not affiliated with the Department of Examinations.
Practise them in the O/L History journey. Every sitting is on the O/L History past papers page.
One more, to try yourself
එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවිධානයේ මහලේකම්වරයා පත් කරනු ලබන්නේ,
- Aආරක්ෂක මණ්ඩල නිර්දේශය මත මහා මණ්ඩලය විසිනි.
- Bජාත්‍යන්තර අධිකරණය විසිනි.
- Cආර්ථික හා සමාජ මණ්ඩලය විසිනි.
- Dනිෂේධ බලය හිමි නිත්‍ය සාමාජිකයන් විසිනි.
Common questions
What did the 2025 O/L History paper test?
The 2025 Paper I we have has 39 questions across 19 topics. The Anuradhapura period had the most (7), and the Kandyan kingdom, asked in every sitting we have, came back.
Which regular topics were not on the 2025 paper?
The independence struggle and constitutional reform (11 of 13 sittings) and the Polonnaruwa period (10 of 13). Practise them before 2026 too.
Where are the 2025 O/L History paper answers?
The 2025 year page has 5 questions with the correct answer and the reason. The rest are in the Wizder app's History journey, free.
Can I download the 2025 paper as a PDF or practise only that year?
No. There are no PDFs. The app starts the History journey from the beginning and covers every paper from 2012 to 2025 except 2014, so single-year practice isn't possible.
Does this cover Paper II?
No. This page is about the Paper I multiple-choice questions only.