Leaving Cert Physics 2021

The 2021 Leaving Cert Physics exam paper and official marking scheme, free below as direct PDF links from the State Examinations Commission archive.

Higher Level

Exam PaperMarking Scheme
What's in the 2021 Higher Level paper?
  • Q1 simple pendulum, acceleration due to gravity, graphical analysis · 40 marks
  • Q2 concave mirror, focal length, optics · 40 marks
  • Q3 fundamental frequency, stretched string, linear density · 40 marks
  • Q4 resistance, temperature, resistivity · 40 marks
  • Q5 joule's law, electrical heating, resistance · 40 marks
  • Q6 mechanics, waves, electricity, nuclear physics · 56 marks
  • Q7 newton's laws, momentum, circular motion · 56 marks
  • Q8 diffraction, diffraction grating, wave nature of light · 56 marks
  • Q9 specific heat capacity, latent heat, heat pump · 56 marks
  • Q10 magnetic field, electromagnetic induction, lenz's law · 56 marks
  • Q11 nuclear physics, radioactive decay, atomic structure · 56 marks
  • Q12 electrostatics, capacitance, x-ray tube · 56 marks
  • Q13 particle physics, semiconductors, electronics · 56 marks
  • Q14 simple harmonic motion, doppler effect, photoelectric effect, refraction · 56 marks

Ordinary Level

Exam PaperMarking Scheme
What's in the 2021 Ordinary Level paper?
  • Q1 acceleration due to gravity, free fall, experimental methods · 40 marks
  • Q2 boyle's law, gas laws, pressure-volume relationship · 40 marks
  • Q3 optics, converging lens, focal length · 40 marks
  • Q4 latent heat, calorimetry, heat transfer · 40 marks
  • Q5 ohm's law, current-voltage relationship, electrical measurement · 40 marks
  • Q6 mechanics, electricity, modern physics · 56 marks
  • Q7 momentum, conservation of momentum, collisions · 56 marks
  • Q8 waves, refraction, diffraction, polarisation · 56 marks
  • Q9 resistance, resistivity, electric circuits · 56 marks
  • Q10 reflection, mirrors, optics · 56 marks
  • Q11 heat transfer, temperature, solar energy · 56 marks
  • Q12 nuclear fission, radioactivity, atomic physics · 56 marks
  • Q13 electric charge, electric field, millikan experiment · 56 marks
  • Q14 gravitation, static electricity, magnetism, sound · 56 marks
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