# Junior Cert Graphics: Curves & Tangency questions

> Every Junior Cert Graphics exam question on Curves & Tangency, grouped by level and year. Questions come from the official State Examinations Commission papers; every PDF link opens the original on examinations.ie.

Canonical: https://examai.ie/past-papers/junior-cert/graphics/topic/curves-tangency

Tangents and points of contact between lines, arcs and circles, and constructing the ellipse and parabola.

12 past Graphics questions on this topic, spanning 2022 to 2026, grouped by year. Each links to its exact page in the official paper and marking scheme.

## Common Level

### 2026

- Q4 (97 marks): circles - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2026/JC137CLP000EV.pdf#page=7) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2026/JC137CLP000EV.pdf#page=8)

### 2025

- Q4 (43 marks): freehand sketching, spatial reasoning, perspective drawing - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2025/JC137CLP000EV.pdf#page=7) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2025/JC137CLP000EV.pdf#page=8)
- Q5 (92 marks): axial symmetry, rotation - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2025/JC137CLP000EV.pdf#page=9) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2025/JC137CLP000EV.pdf#page=10)

### 2024

- Q2 (34 marks): freehand sketching, similar figures, polygons - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2024/JC137CLP000EV.pdf#page=4) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2024/JC137CLP000EV.pdf#page=5)
- Q3 (81 marks): orthographic projection, auxiliary views, rotation - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2024/JC137CLP000EV.pdf#page=5) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2024/JC137CLP000EV.pdf#page=6)
- Q4 (82 marks): spatial reasoning, surface development - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2024/JC137CLP000EV.pdf#page=7) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2024/JC137CLP000EV.pdf#page=8)

### 2023

- Q3 (76 marks): geometric constructions, surface development, orthographic projection - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2023/JC137CLP000EV.pdf#page=5) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2023/JC137CLP000EV.pdf#page=6)
- Q4 (62 marks): perspective drawing, true length, isometric and axonometric - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2023/JC137CLP000EV.pdf#page=7) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2023/JC137CLP000EV.pdf#page=8)
- Q5 (77 marks): similar figures, polygons - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2023/JC137CLP000EV.pdf#page=9) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2023/JC137CLP000EV.pdf#page=10)

### 2022

- Q4 (27 marks): freehand sketching, rendering, solids - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2022/JC137CLP000EV.pdf#page=7) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2022/JC137CLP000EV.pdf#page=8)
- Q5 (55 marks): isometric and axonometric, oblique drawing - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2022/JC137CLP000EV.pdf#page=8) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2022/JC137CLP000EV.pdf#page=9)
- Q6 (59 marks): spatial reasoning, surface development - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2022/JC137CLP000EV.pdf#page=10) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2022/JC137CLP000EV.pdf#page=11)

## Related

- [Plane Geometry](https://examai.ie/past-papers/junior-cert/graphics/topic/plane-geometry)
- [Transformations](https://examai.ie/past-papers/junior-cert/graphics/topic/transformations)
- [Orthographic Projection](https://examai.ie/past-papers/junior-cert/graphics/topic/orthographic-projection)
- [Solids & Surfaces](https://examai.ie/past-papers/junior-cert/graphics/topic/solids-surfaces)
- [Pictorial Drawing](https://examai.ie/past-papers/junior-cert/graphics/topic/pictorial-drawing)
- [Sketching & Visualisation](https://examai.ie/past-papers/junior-cert/graphics/topic/sketching-visualisation)
- [All Graphics past papers](https://examai.ie/past-papers/junior-cert/graphics)